| 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[1] 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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Hola Mohalla (Gurmukhi: ਹੋਲਾ-ਮਹੱਲਾ hōlā muhalā), also called Hola, is a three-day long Sikh festival which normally falls in March.[2][3] 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.[4][5] Hola Mohalla is a big festive event for Sikhs around the world.
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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
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- ^ T. Singh (15 August 2008). "Celebrating Holi". Reflections On Gurbani. Retrieved 17 September 2008.