Hola Mohalla
Hola Mohalla (Gurmukhi: ਹੋਲਾ-ਮਹੱਲਾ hōlā muhalā), also called Hola, is a three-day long Sikh festival which normally falls in March. It takes place on the second day of the lunar month of Chett, usually a day after the Hindu spring festival Holi, but sometimes coincides with it. Hola Mohalla is a big festive event for Sikhs around the world.
Holla Mohalla ਹੋਲਾ-ਮਹੱਲਾ | |
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The Khalsa celebrating the Sikh festival Hola Mohalla or simply Hola. | |
Also called | Hola |
Observed by | Sikhs |
Type | Sikhism |
Celebrations | Three-day fair at the Anandpur Sahib ending on Hola Mohalla, Martial arts |
Date | Second day of lunar month of Chet |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Holi, Shigmo and Yaosang |
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The fair held during Holi and Hola at Anandpur Sahib is traditionally a three-day event but participants attend Anandpur Sahib for a week, camping out and enjoying various displays of fighting prowess and bravery, and listening to kirtan, music and poetry. For meals, which is an integral part of the Sikh institution (Gurdwara), visitors sit together in Pangats (Queues) and eat lacto-vegetarian food of the Langars. The event concludes on the day of Hola Mohalla with a long, "military-style" procession near Takht Kesgarh Sahib, one of the five seats of temporal authority (referred as "Panj Takht") of the Sikhs.