Yes, the most anticipated and exciting festival is around the corner that you are looking forward to for a small trip. Because in India Holi is celebrated with high intensity with different shades of joy. Therefore, due to the presence of multiple spots in our country, one can get mesmerized. 

 

All the places once you visit for Holi you will get fascinated because of exhilaration. Hence, it is important to identify the experience that you are looking for beforehand. The celebration of different events and customs differs from each place; however, the level of high euphoria is common in all the places for Holi. Holi is the onset of the beginning of spring and the season harvest so it replenishes the atmosphere with blissfulness among the people. 

 

According to ritual, the Holika Dahan event sows the seeds of Holi for its following day celebration, where people with zest perform all the rituals by setting up a bonfire to welcome all the positivity and contentment in their life. All the people set themselves ablaze to ignite the next day’s morning with the fun of colors. 

 

Therefore, in the subsequent, all the names of the splendid place are cited that you assuredly need to visit this year to bring a variation in life. Therefore, you need to check out the names of the places that you can feel connected to visit the place. 

 

1. Barsana, Uttar Pradesh 

 

 

Notable for Lathmar Holi Festival 

 

The liveliness that is shaped in the atmosphere is captivating.  There is an interesting custom is seen as the woman hits men with a stick. Therefore, this celebration has been termed Lathmar Holi. This tradition started when the legend lord Krishna light heartedly annoyed his adored and treasured Radha and her group of the buddy. Therefore, the women of the village used to chase him by holding sticks in their hands. Hence, it has become a ritual therefore in each Holi the womenfolk beat menfolk from the adjacent villages. This site is seen to be a vibe to watch because of the presence of thrill with music to enjoy the ritual fullest. The men wear colorful traditional clothes with a shield to protect them and a turban. Of course, during the rituals, the ladies do not hurt the men harshly. However, the energy that is created in the atmosphere is electrifying.  

 

2.      Udaipur, Rajasthan

 

Royal Festival 

 

Udaipur is renowned for its impressive and royal celebration for Holi. Here the celebration continues for two days. It starts with the Holika Dahan where the king of area lights the bonfire in the courtyard of the palace. The individuals execute folk dance named Gair surrounded by the bonfire. The king personally welcomes the foreign tourists, guests, and notables who gets invited to celebrate Holi with the royal family of Mewar. The royal family takes the seat on the embellished elephants, horses, and camels during the possession. The epicentre of the possession is the place of Sambhu Niwas palace and ends at the royal residence at Manik Chowk with royal music. It gets followed by folk songs and dances with extravagant dinner and fireworks. On the following day, the rejoice starts with the colors and traditional sweets to share the sweetness of the playful festival with each other.

 

3.      Hampi, Karnataka

 

Exclusive Gem in South India 

 

There is a common belief that the celebration of Holi is escalated among the north Indian people. However, Hampi sets an exception as the festival is celebrated remarkably. Here the different venues and temples create a sight to explore whole heatedly. Since the Hampi is considered as the best place for Holi carnival worth visiting in the southern part of India. It is also getting widespread among the tourists because of the environment that gets built with loud music, dance, liquid, and powdered colors. They begins the festival with the Holika Dahan and ends with cheers of colors the next day. Countless clubs invite people for fun to spread the essence of magic among the persons by sharing the existing beauty present for the cultural, natural, and heritages with narratives. 

 

4.      Shatiniketan, wst Bengal

 

Recognized for Basant Utsav

 

The famous festival of Holi in West Bengal is known as Basanta Utsav, it is also known as a spring festival. The tradition of this festival for the first time was introduced by Nobel laureate and poet Rabindranath Tagore. The people of Shantiniketan welcomes the season of spring joyfully where the writer founded the university of Shantiniketan. The whole university connects in merrymaking to smear colors of joy. Among all other colors yellow dominates from other colours for the people. Therefore, people are seen majorly in the vibrance off yellow attire. The spring is not considered to be important for the colors rather in recreating the magical features of the festival with folk dance, song, art. In every home, the head of the family prays in the morning to Lord Krishna and Agnidev by fasting. 

 

5.      Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 

 

Provenance Of Lord Krishna

 

The Holi festival in Mathura is glorified because the with reason being the birthplace of Lord Krishna. Furthermore, this place embraces the magic of the existence of miracles therefore it is ideal by the devotees. On his day in multiple temples, different event takes place to celebrate the festival grandly. The primary location of the festival is at temple Dwarakadheesh. Huge crowds are seen on this auspicious day and the temple gets opens at 10.00 am. Each admirer of deity gets the chance to place the flowers and gular before the lord. A procession takes place in the morning at the famous Yamuna ghat then the priests start making the Bhaang. Later in that day, everyone starts to play with colors. The colorful setting of the environment with a well-decorated temple creates an atmosphere to capture memorize to remember for a long. 

 

6.      Manipur

 

Lively Celebration

 

The festival in Manipur brings together people of different communities for participation. The festival starts in the month of Phalguna on the full moon day. Holi also brings the festival of Yaoshang which is celebrated for five days. The Holi is celebrated with traditional performances accompanied by dancing and singing. Therefore, this celebration is not restricted to colors since it is celebrated with liveliness by all age of people. The children and elders visit the neighbourhood for getting ample blessings from elders for healthy and long life with a prosperous career. 

 

7.      Jaipur, Rajasthan 

 

Holi In Pink City

 

The majestic festivity of Holi in Jaipur is marked by the elephant festival. It is the most unique feature of the festival that is different to witness in India. The onset of the elephant festival takes place from the eve of the much-awaited Holi festival. In this carnival, the beauty contest of animals takes place with folk dance. Much interestingly the other different parts of enjoyment also take place such as the tug of war between the elephants. In the evening the sky gets lightened by the jaw-dropping fireworks that get organized by the foreigners and local people. Although Jaipur is known as a pink city it gets turned into different mesmerizing colors on Holi. Moreover, Jaipur is also known for its Gala celebration for the Holi celebration in the palace. The festival each year is held by the royal family of Jaipur to support the local charities. The program includes the folk music of Rajasthan accompanied by the dancing and playing of Gulal. 

 

8.      Purulia, West Bengal

 

Dreamy Cheerfulness

 

A sense of different meaning with enthusiasm is seen in the Purulia since its India's cultural 

capital. On a magnificent scale, the cultural show gets on track in the Purulia by throwing colors. Furthermore, this terrestrial has been blessed with the amazing sights of landscape, compact woods with green hills to discover. Hence the countryside ambiance with quiet surroundings gives another reason to the visitor for visiting the place. The carnival takes place by the music performers and folk dance to make it memorable on the occasion of colors. Therefore, enough hard work is put in by the local people with money and time to create a beautiful piece of the event. Until this day the tradition has been followed by the poem whole heatedly with colorful attire that creates an additional bliss for the visitors. 

 

9.      Anandpur Sahib, Punjab

 

Festivity Of Togetherness

 

There are multiple ways seen to celebrate the Holi by the Sikhs as they consider this festival as the "love of their life”. They conduct a show to display the art of martial arts and have joy with colors this evening. In the evening people eat together diverse enjoyable food to enjoy the day by having tempting Gujias, Puri, Halwa, and more. The entire celebration gets ended with a procession conducted from the Takth Keshgarg Sahib. People are dressed in the attire of bright blue with a long tunic and a turban. They celebrate it with exuberant cheers combined with dance, colors, and songs. In this season every field, the crops start swaying that signifies time has arrived for harvesting. On this occasion family and friends socialize together to create an understanding of forgiving and forgetting to embrace everyone in the same colors to signify the existence of togetherness. 

 

10.  Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 

 

Festivity In Scared Town

 

The celebration of Holi commences with a Tilak since it’s a sign of good omen. The children and the elders go crazy with the colors. Teer is multiple and exceptional events that take takes place in Delhi to set the mood for celebration and colors. The people conducts music festival in a stadium having an intake capacity of 4000 to 6000 people. The music continues for hours where the zeal of the people remains high with the abundance of colors. The irresistible drinks and eatables that help to relish are Thandai, laddoo, and Gujiyaa. Besides, independent music artists are called to increase the enthusiasm of the festival to enjoy the spring carnival fullest. Also, this place is known for the festival of "Mad Moozik” and Holy Cow as considered to be the most liable occasion.

 

By now which place you have decided to visit this year with enthusiasm to experience the festival, in reality, to remember it for long and to make it shareable with others.