Holi Festival, 5|6 March 2015

5|6 March 2015 is Holi Festival, the festival of colours and joy. It is also celebrated as Falgun Purnima, Lakshmi Jayanti, Madana Purnima, Dola Purnima, Hutashani Purnima, Gaura Purnima, etc in various places of India. Most of the North Indian communities celebrate Holi on 6th March. In South India, Holi festival is on 5th March. […]

Hindupad ties up with HGG for Eco-friendly Holi colours campaign

Hyderabad Goes Green Hindupad

Hindupad.com ties up with Hyderabad Goes Green, HGG, a social enterprise established to encourage people for promoting eco-friendly, herbal, natural, and safe environment around us. It is to note that Holi festival 2015 date is March 5 & 6. HGG is now promoting the usage of eco-friendly colors for Holi festival. It is to note […]

Buy Natural Colours in Pune and Mumbai for Holi 2024

If you wandering where to buy or purchase natural colours for Holi 2024 in Pune and Mumbai, then here is the list of shops and stores that sell herbal and safe eco-friendly colours. It is to note that Holi 2024 dates are – March 24-25. Shops or stores to buy Natural colours for Holi 2024 […]

Certified Organic Holi colours for Holi 2015 from Organica

ORGANICA PURE FARM PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. has now launched an herbal-based gulal that is made exclusively with medicinal herbs and is not only fragrant and safe but also therapeutic in many ways. They are India’s first certified organic Holi colours to help people enjoy a safer and healthier Holi 2015. Now available in fresh green, […]

Hindupad wishes a Happy Holi 2013

Holi, the festival of colours, is celebrated throughout the country with utmost fervor. Without the religious and communal differences, every sect of people celebrates the festival in a grand scale. Holi 2013 date is March 27 in some places and March 28th in other regions. Hindupad wishes all the visitors, people of India and all […]

Holashtak 2013 begins

Today, 20 March 2013, Holashtak begins. Holashtak is a period of eight inauspicious days prior to Holi festival as per North Indian Hindi calendars. During this period, no auspicious event is celebrated in North Indian states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, etc. On the first day of Holashtak, the […]

Safety Tips, Safety Precautions for a Colourful and Happy Holi

The first and foremost option for a safe and happy Holi would be playing with natural, herbal and home made colours. Your skin and hair will be protected with natural colours. Holi 2013 date is March 26/27.  Here are 12 important safety tips for safe and happy Holi. Buy Holi colours from registered or reputed […]

Legends of Holi & Religious History

Falgun Purnima (Holi Purnima) is also observed as the Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanthi in Orissa, Bengal and some other regions in India. Generally, Holi means burning. Several legends describe the meaning of the word Holi. One of the most popular of all the stories is of the demon king Hiranyakashyap. Holi 2012 date is March […]

Herbal Colours for Holi 2014, Tihar Jail inmates preparing Natural dry colours

Using herbal colours or natural colours is the theme for Holi 2014. Since global warming, environmental safety, and harmful gasses emission have been hurting the globe in a big scale, its very essential to shift from using chemical colours to herbal and eco-friendly colours for Holi. A group of 50 inmates at Tihar’s Jail no […]

Mathura Lath Mar Holi

Lath Mar Holi in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh is a special festival for the devotees of Lord Krishna and Radha Rani. The friends of Krishna and Radha rani (gopis & gops) meet together and play Holi festival by chasing each other. Women chase men and beat up with sticks. The origin of Lathmar Holi dates back […]

Natural Holi Colours in Kolkata, Satavic Farms Organic Colors

You can buy natural Holi colours in Kolkata for Holi 2012 from Satavic Farms, a popular organic farming unit in West Bengal. The natural holi colours are safe, non-toxic and non-staining. Unlike so-called ‘herbal gulal’ which is made of chemicals, these colours are prepared from 100% herbal extracts. Talking to Hindupad.com, Vikas Chadha of Satavic […]

Green Holi Campaign by Hyderabad Goes Green with ANGRAU

Hyderabad Goes Green has started their Green Holi campaign in Hyderabad, encouraging the usage of natural and eco-friendly colours for Holi festival celebrations. As per their version: Hyderabad Goes Green is pleased to announce the “Green Holi“ campaign for Holi festival 2013 on March 26, 27. On the similar lines of last year’s, this is […]

Holi (Holika), is the colourful Hindu festival celebrated on Falgun Purnima

Holi festival, also known as Holika, is the colourful Hindu festival celebrated on Falgun Purnima, the Full Moon day in Falgun Month. In 2018, Holi festival date is March 1. Phalgun Purnima or Holi festival is celebrated as Phagu in Nepal. Dhulandi Holi or Dulandi Holi or Dhuleti Holi, Lathmar Holi, Vasantotsavam or Basantotsav, Dol Jatra or […]

Hyderabad Goes Green Natural Holi Colours

Hyderabad Goes Green, a social enterprise started by the alumni of IIT Bombay, is presenting natural holi colours for Holi 2014. HGG, a venture of Green Practice Pvt. Ltd., established to encourage people for promoting eco-friendly, herbal, natural, and safe environment around us. With association of Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Hyderabad, Hyderabad Goes […]

Holi 2011 Special Trains to Mumbai from Muzaffarpur Gorakhpur and Darbhanga

Indian Railways will run special trains during Holi 2011 to Mumbai from Muzaffarpur, Gorakhpur, and Darbhanga. The trains will run from 16 March to 22 March. All the trains will run between LTT (Lokmanya Tilak Terminus) and other above mentioned stations. The timings and stoppages of the trains are given below. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – […]

Natural Holi Colours in 2011 from Yerawada Jail of Pune to UK and USA

eCoexist, a Pune based social enterprise, will now export the natural holi colours for Holi 2011 packaged by the women inmates of the Yerawada Central Prison in Pune to seven cities in the country also to the UK and the USA. This is a good initiative to provide earning ability to women prisoners. In 2010, […]

Google Doodle on Holi 2010

Google launches its doodle on Holi 2010. Pink, yellow, blue, and green colors in 5 steel bowls symbolize the festival of colours in style. The image published here is taken from Google Doodle for Holi.

Holi with Tomatoes and Flowers – Holi celebrations in Hyderabad

Traditional chemical colours, pichkaris, coloured water, etc, have got down on the list of Holi priorities this time. Holi 2010 has become festival of tomatoes, flowers, and in some places – the festival of milk – in Hyderabad. Going away from traditional celebrations, Hyderabad people have been celebrating Holi in very funky yet eco-friendly manner. […]

Natural Holi Colours at Dcube & Daram Hyderabad: Eco-friendly Holi Colours

The theme of Holi 2013 is eco-friendly, natural and herbal colours. Celebrate a safe Holi with ‘Rang Dulaar’ from EcoExist that bring you Natural Holi colours. These colours are free from any chemical content and have been made by the women of the Malnad Seed Collective, Sirsi. The genesis of Rang Dulaar was the Safe […]