Holi is an ancient festival of India and was initially known as ‘Holika’. Commonly it is celebrated as a festival of colours. The festival is celebrated on Falgun Poornima (full moon in the month of falgun) across the country. It marks the end of the winter season and the beginning of spring.
With the approach of 1st of January, rich and poor, young and old and men and women all get ready with joy and jubilation to welcome the New Year. To convey New Year wishes banners and posters are put up at various places. Decorations of sorts like colour motifs on the floor, colourful lights and floral garlands etc. adorn streets and houses. By keeping awake, both young and old savour the last moments of the passing year and welcome the New Year by fireworks, band, orchestra, music, dancing and by rejoicing in gay abandon.
Apparently, the earliest messengers/prophets had appeared in these traditions. It started with the four sages, Agni, Vayu, Aditya and Angira, who transmitted and propagated the unworldly knowledge from the Creator God in the form of the four Vedas.