holika dahan poorn chandrama[1] ke din hi hota hai. is din sayankal ko holi jalaee jati hai. ek mah poorv arthat magh poornima ko 'erand' ya goolar vriksh ki tahani ko gaanv ke bahar kisi sthan par ga d diya jata hai, aur us par lak diyaan, sookhe upale, khar-patavar adi charoan se ekatr kiya jata hai aur phalgun poornima ki rat ya sayankal ise jalaya jata hai. paranpara ke anusar sabhi log alav ke charoan or ekatrit hote haian. isi alav ko holi kaha jata hai. holi ki agni mean sookhi pattiyaan, tahaniyaan, v sookhi lak diyaan dali jati haian, tatha log isi agni ke charoan or nrity v sangit ka anand lete haian. basantagaman ke lokapriy git bhakt prahalad ki raksha ki smriti mean gaye jate haian tatha usaki kroor bua holika ki bhi yad dilate haian.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh
varnamala kramanusar lekh khoj