Holi Celebration at GTU- GSET
On 17th March 2022, GSET-Culture and Sports Club celebrated Holi festival at campus with full on enjoyable and cherish moments that we always remember in one of our beautiful memories.
We celebrated Holi on the college with entire GTU-GET family members incudes teachers, staff and students .The red, orange, green, blue, yellow, brown and white all mingled colors when thrown to each other looking like rainbow is showering upon us at the right time making everyone unrecognizable, but awed and happy about the unique experience, looking like a to be the perfect end to the day.
Holika Dhahan at Gtu ground
At the evening all GTU Staff Quarter Member and Students gather wood to make large bonfires that are lit on the eve of Holi known as Holika Dahan. At 9 'o clock everyone came on the GTU ground for holika dhahan and prayed for the well begins. The prayer and the celebration made many of them to appreciate their strong connections with different cultures. During the celebration, entire GTU family felt a sense of togetherness and goodwill.
In Hinduism, the demon Holika was the sister of the Demon King, Hiranyakashipu (Hiranyakashyap) who was given immunity to fire by the Gods. Hiranyakashipu asked Holika to kill his son Prahlada by burning him alive. He hated Prahlada because of his devotion to the Hindu God, Lord Vishnu and made several attempts to murder him. But Prahlada survived.
Since the Gods had given Holika immunity to fire, she tried to kill Prahalada by sitting in a fire with him trying to burn him to death. Instead, the Gods punished Holika for using her powers for evil. She burned to death instead while Prahalada lived to rule as a wise king.
During the evening of the Holika Dahan festival people gather to light the fires to celebrate the triumph of good over evil. The fires burn late into the night and people are out dancing and celebrating to the wee hours of the morning.
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