Holi: Oprindelse og Vishnu-legenden

One of the most famous and known festival in the world from India

The festival symbolizes that winter is over and they are heading into spring

Vishnu legend the festival is based on a story.

There was this king Bhagavata Purana who was the king of demonic asuras. He earned a boon (blessing). That gave him 5 powers. He couldn’t be killed by any human being or an animal neither indoors nor outdoors neither at day nor at night neither by astra (projectile weapons) nor by any Shastra (handheld weapons) and neither on land nor in water or air. He grew arrogant he actually started seeing himself as a god because he grew so power full that he demanded everyone only worship him. The kings own son prahlada disagreed with what his father thought about himself so he started to torture him and he still didn’t change his mind so he got into some kind of chamber where he should get burned but the god came out to help the son and defeat the father the god was half human and half lion the way he killed the king was he got their at dusk its nerither day nor night he took him to a doorstep which was neither inside nor outside placed the king on his own lap which was neither land water or air and killed him with his lion claws which were neither a handheld weapon nor a launched weapon