{"id":130,"date":"2009-02-28T02:34:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T06:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radhavallabh.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2015-03-18T01:21:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T05:21:27","slug":"holi-festival-of-vrindavan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radhavallabh.com\/blog\/holi-festival-of-vrindavan\/","title":{"rendered":"Holi festival of Vrindavan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; ;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Holi played in Vrindavan is an exclusive example of the bond of friendliness and love, between the divine and the devotee. <!--more-->The dance and exult of Holi passes all the worldly boundaries of negative emotions to bring in the glory of divine existence within the soul. When Krishna played Holi with Radha and Gopis, the significance was that of bringing down the boundaries between God Himself and His true devotees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Krishna\u2019s Holi comprised beautiful holistic hymns, scented flowers and naturally colored water. It was not rather tainted with our eve teased Holi festival; which we tarnish by drinking alcohol and using chemicals, paint, grease etc., in order to fulfill our selfish joy of seeing someone cry of burns and inflammation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">This festival of delight and colors can be made as divine as that of Krishna, by the use of herbal infused colors made of vegetables and flowers along with water pools prepared out of floral extracts.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/span>Drinking \u2018Thandai\u2019 is a better option of sharing this clean and green festival with others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Make this Holi festival more auspicious by surrendering one\u2019s soul to the divine\u2019s feet in Vrindavan and filling it with colors of love for family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_131\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px; text-align: left;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131\" title=\"Holi Utsav\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radhavallabh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/holi24-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Holi of Vrindavan\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radhavallabh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/holi24-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radhavallabh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/holi24.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Holi of Vrindavan<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holi played in Vrindavan is an exclusive example of the bond of friendliness and love, between the divine and the devotee. 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