Time of Year :

Holi comes in the month of March. It is celebrated on a full moon day of Phalgun Sud .

Elders predict the coming of monsoon on the basis of the direction in which the flag planted atop falls. Devotees offer coconut to the fire and the youth retrives them admist an applause of bystanders. It is one of the principle festival of Adivasis of Gujarat.

The second day after Holi is called Dhuleti or Dhuli Padvo. It means throwing of mud on one another. It is a meerymaking time as people of all age throw colours on each other and enjoy themselves.

History:

It is said that it was the day when child Krishana had sucked the demoness Puta to death. In Gujarat it is more populary known as Prahlad, the son of the demon king Hiranyakashyap had emerged unhurt from the heap of fire in which he was made to sit in the lap of Holika, who got burnt instead.