Hinduism and Holi Festival of Colours Hinduism Hinduism

Hinduism • Hinduism is the world’s oldest religion. • There about 900 million Hindus.

H OL I Festival of Colour Holi is a Hindu festival that is celebrated

The Story of Hoil A very long time ago there lived a Demon King,

The Demon King was so evil that when he found out that his son

Vishnu was a very special God that the Hindu people believed would save the

The Demon King threw his son Prahlad into a pit of snakes! But……. .

So, he brought a herd of elephants to trample on his son But………… he

Every time the Demon King tried to kill his son Prahlad, Vishnu heard Prahlad

The Demon King got VERY mad and decided to ask his sister Holika to

So Holika took Prahlad and walked into a bonfire and sat him on her

BUT… because Holika was using her powers for something evil the special God Vishnu

Vishnu eventually killed the Demon King and Prahlad became ruler Vishnu had saved the

Now every year Hindu people remember how good triumphed over evil and they celebrate

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Hinduism and Holi Festival of Colours

Hinduism • Hinduism is the world’s oldest religion. • There about 900 million Hindus. That’s a lot!! • Hinduism is the main religion in India but there are followers all over the world.

H OL I Festival of Colour Holi is a Hindu festival that is celebrated in spring and involves bonfires, lots of coloured paint and baskets of flowers. There is a story about Holi and why the Hindu people celebrate it.

The Story of Hoil A very long time ago there lived a Demon King, who ruled the world. He was cruel and tortured people! He was evil!

The Demon King was so evil that when he found out that his son Prahlad worshiped a special God called Vishnu he decided to KILL is son!

Vishnu was a very special God that the Hindu people believed would save the world from evil

The Demon King threw his son Prahlad into a pit of snakes! But……. . he didn’t die!

So, he brought a herd of elephants to trample on his son But………… he didn’t die!

Every time the Demon King tried to kill his son Prahlad, Vishnu heard Prahlad praying and saved him!!

The Demon King got VERY mad and decided to ask his sister Holika to kill Prahlad Holika had a special gift… she had magical powers that meant that she could not be harmed by fire

So Holika took Prahlad and walked into a bonfire and sat him on her lap

BUT… because Holika was using her powers for something evil the special God Vishnu destroyed her magical powers and he looked after Prahlad! Holika died in the flames and Prahlad lived!

Vishnu eventually killed the Demon King and Prahlad became ruler Vishnu had saved the earth from evil by killing the Demon King and his sister Holika and saving Prahlad

Now every year Hindu people remember how good triumphed over evil and they celebrate Holi They celebrate with baskets of flowers, building and lighting bonfires and burning last years rubbish and dancing! They also throw coloured paint at each other………… but we wont do that today!!

Children celebrating Holi