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Holika Dahan 2024: Know when and how the Choti Holi is celebrated
Updated On: 22 March, 2024 07:57 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Holika Dahan is when a bonfire is lit to celebrate the burning of the demoness, Holika
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Holika Dahan, also called as Choti Holi is celebrated a day before the main Holi festival. Holi, the festival of colours is one of the most auspicious and widely celebrated festival by Hindus after Diwali. Apart from playing colours, the marks love among lord Krishna and Radha and the festival also marks good over evil in Hinduism. Holi festival also marks the celebration of spring season.
Holika Dahan is when a bonfire is lit to celebrate the burning of the demoness, Holika. This ritual is symbolic of victory of good over evil.
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