The festival of 'Holi' is celebrated all over India since very early times. It marks the victory of good over evil The puranic story goes that Holika, sister of asura king Hiranyakashipu was burnt while protecting the devoted child Prahlada chanting the name of Lord. Actually, the two Princely bothers Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu were the doormen (dwarapalika) of Vaikuntha called Jaya and Vijaya. They incurred the displeasure of Sage Bhrugu when stopped entering the precincts of Vishnu and got cursed to take birth on earth and get killed by the Lord to be liberated. Thus, these two brothers were very hard hearted and cruel and, the latter, Hiranyakashipu hated Vishnu who killed his brother Hiranyaksha. Hiranyakashipu's son Prahlada was so influenced by Sage Narada that he was always chanting the name of Narayana. This angered his father who tormented the child to stop uttering this name. One day things became so heated that the child cried for help. Sri Hari appeared in the form of the Lion-faced (Nrusimha) and killed Hiranyakashipu.
The Holi festival is also the 'festival of colors' and the 'spring festival'. People worship the Lord Nrusimha and lit fire to mark the burning of evil. People have corrupted the system over the centuries and use spurious colors that harm the kids!
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