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India has plentiful festivals and cultural occasions to celebrate. Have you wondered how blessed India is to have so many diverse culture, language, region and religion? Diversity has indeed blessed India with so many occasions for getting together and events to celebrate. Holi, for instance, is one national Hindu festival that enunciates the real meaning of “festival of colors”, “festival of spring” and “festival of love”. Holi is not confined as a festival that is celebrated among Hindus alone, but Non-Hindus also share the love and spirit for the festival. The colours, the splish-splash, the Holi games and there is a lot more that makes you fall in love with Holi. Let us get to the big question- Why do we celebrate Holi? The reason why Holi is celebrated is pointed out in the ancient book of ‘Bhagavata Purana’. There was an ‘Asura’ king called Hiranyakashipu who had a very special boon- he could neither be killed by a man nor an animal! This made Hiranyakashipu invi...