S S AHUJA'S BLOG

                                                                                                                                                    TRANSFORMATION OF HOLI Before the advent of Khalsa, Holi was looked down upon by many as a festival of the so called Shudras- the lowest of four Varnas or castes of the Hindus- and other backward classes. As per Hindu mythology, Holi commemorated the emancipation of Prahlad, a devotee of Lord, though born as the son of the wicked  King Hirnyakashap who was supposed to belong to a lower stratification of the society.  As th...