Guru Govind started the tradition
Guru Gobind Singh Ji started the tradition of celebrating Holi in India's main festival. They gave this festival a more pleasant shape by mixing it with love in God's love. Referring to Holi in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, it is conceived to play with the Lord in color. According to Guruvani, joyfulness arises while singing the infinite qualities of God and the mind gets filled with great joy. When a man celebrates Holi as serving the saints, the red color becomes darker. Guru Gobind Singh painted Holi in the color of spirituality. They named it Hola Mahalla.
What is the meaning
Hola was a symbol of Holi's positivity and the meaning of the palace was the power of achieving it. In order to articulate the joy of the festival of colors, Guru ji raged in it, prohibiting many evils like mud throwing, water pouring etc. The festival of Holi was started in such a way that the sense of mutual bondage and love became firm.
Celebrate such celebrations
The Hola Mahalla starts with the singing of Guruvani in the special Diwan. After this there was a poet darbar, in which the chosen poet recited his poems. In the afternoon, physical exercises, games and feats are organized. Holi is played with rose flowers, rose colors In the second day of this festival which was going on for two days, fierce war was organized, in which Sikhs were divided into two parties. In this, the war heroes are shown without causing physical harm to anyone. For this, Guru Gobind Singh ji had built the fort especially in Anandpur Sahib. While sitting in the fort, he himself saw the battle of Sikh parties. Warriors were given fair prizes At the end, the harsh offerings were distributed. In this way, this ancient festival of Holi was a celebration of healthy inspirations.
Tradition continues today
Bhai Nand Lal Ji, the well known poet of the court of Guru Ji, described the Holi of Anandpur Sahab as saying that the whole garden was fragrant. There were rains of various aromas around. The clothes of all the Sikhs were dyed with saffron husks. While mentioning Guru Gobind Singh ji, Nandlal ji wrote that his kurta, painted in colors, seemed to see as if all the creation has been painted. Even today, this tradition is maintained in Anandpur. A large number of people come in to participate in this.
