ℌ𝔬𝔩𝔦 𝔣𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔞𝔩 𝔖𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 - Iskcon Raichur Holi festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships, and is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest. 𝔐𝔬𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 ℌ𝔬𝔩𝔦 1. Holi is the festival of colours. These colours were made of natural substances. The original holi was with kesar and gulabjal (saffron and rosewater). Both are out of reach to the common man anymore. The other natural substances used were natural dyes, turmeric etc. The purpose was that by playing with these colours at this time of the year, there would be no skin diseases. Now, with corruption, it is quite the opposite. 2. The pyre we light the night before the festival of colours has the purpose of burning away all the germs and insects that are typically present at any change of season in a trop...