Holy celebrations in the US - New York, CHicago, Seattle,

Holi celebrations is something that every indian looks forward to celebrate. Whether it is the Bollywood Holi songs/Movies or the religious fervor of Holi, every one eagerly awaits the Holi celebrations. But, how about the Holi celebrations in the USA? There are many places in the USA where Holi is celebrated or should I say, party-ed? Checkout your closest location to Party Holi..

• Holi, Phagwah parade in Richmond Hill, New York
• Holi celebrations via Bhangra in Trinity CLub Seattle
• Holi Hai at Chicago temple (peoria) on March 23rd
• Holi by Kannada Koota (KKNC) - Bay Area San Francisco, San Jose
• Holi - celebrate holi in Bay area (Stanford)
• Holi - Rang Barse promotion in Los Angeles
• Holi Hai at Austin
• Holi worshipping at Houston

If you cannot make it to any of the Parties above, just send an HOLI SMS message or a greeting card.

Holi SMS messages, wishes, videos - Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi & Telugu

Do you know when is the Holi in 2009? And the colorful festival is back again on March 11th, that brings festivities and celebrations. Whatever may be the religious significance of Holi, all of india gets together to dance and enjoy irrespective of caste and creed. The number of movies, video songs and Mp3 songs on Holi is immense.

You can wish & greet your friends on Holi in different language greeting cards, SMS texts & ecards using the URLs below for free:

Collection of Holi messages in Hindi and English
Hindi Holi SMS shayari (shayariyan, hsyaries)
Urdu Hindi SMS Text messages for Holi
Hindi Holi SMS messages, SMS texts
Marathi SMS txt messages for Holi and other occasions
Bengali SMS messages for Holi and Indian festivals

Send Telugu Holi greetings, Ecards, SMS messages to family and friends
Send Free Kannada Holi greetings, ecards, SMS Texts
Tamil Holi greetings, SMS messages

"Holi songs download - SMS, greetings, messages, video"

The colorful festival, Holi, is celebrated throughout India. There are many stories for the significance of Holi festival in different parts of India. Holi is known by different name in different parts of the country, but one thing remains the same - People enjoy the hell of the day! And music and dancing is essential part of the celebrations. Below are some of the collection of Songs, Videos and movies for your Holi celebrations. Have a fun filled Holi this time!!

Rang Barse - Holi song collection MP3
Holi songs from Hindi Bollywood movies in MP3
Holi Songs from Old HIndi movies

Holi festival - greetings, messages, video & wishes

Holi (Phagwa in Bhojpuri), also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu festival observed in India, Guyana, Trinidad, the UK and Nepal. In the state of West Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra (Doljatra) or Boshonto Utsav ("spring festival"). South Indians call it "Kama dahana".

Holi is the day when Lord Vishnu killed the king of demons, Hiranyakashipu. You can read the story of Bhakta prahlada and how Lord Vishnu tactfully killed Hiranyakashipu here or watch the super hit "Bhakta Prahlada" Kannada movie from Dr. Rajkumar.

There is another story too. Kamadeva is a god of love. Kama's body was destroyed when he shot his weapon at Shiva in order to disrupt his penance and help Parvati to marry Shiva. Shiva then opened his third eye, the gaze of which was so powerful that Kama's body was reduced to ashes. For the sake of Kama's wife Rati (passion), Shiva restored him, but only as a mental image, representing the true emotional and mental state of love rather than physical lust.

During Holi, Hindus attend a public bonfire, spray friends and family with colored powders and water, and generally go a bit wild in the streets. The entire holiday is associated with a loosening of social restrictions normally associated with caste, sex, status and age. Holi thus bridges social gaps and brings people together: employees and employers, men and women, rich and poor, young and old. Holi is also characterized by the loosening of social norms governing polite behavior and the resulting general atmosphere of licentious merrymaking and ribald language and behavior.

Holi also known as Holla Moholla in Punjab is played on grand scale. Barsana is the place to be at the time of Holi. Here the famous Lath mar Holi is played in the sprawling compound of the Radha Rani temple. Here women chase men away with sticks. Males also sing provocative songs in a bid to invite the attention of women. Bengalis celebrate Holi as Dol Yatra or the swing festival where the icons of Krishna and Radha are placed on swings and women sing devotional songs, throw colours and 'abir' on them and perform dances as devotees take turns to swing them.

In Maharashtra, Holi is mainly associated with the burning of Holika. Holi Paurnima is also celebrated as Shimga. In North India, a pot of buttermilk is hung high on the streets and young boys try to reach it and break it by making human pyramids while the girls try to stop them by throwing coloured water on them to commemorate the pranks of Krishna and cowherd boys to steal butter and 'gopis' trying to stop them.