Holika Dahan 2024: A Celebration of Colors

Holi, also known as Holika Dahan, the lively and joyful festival of Holi colours is scheduled to take place in 2024. Originating from India, Holi is a springtime festival which celebrates the triumph of goodness over evil.

History and Significance of Holika Dahan 2024

• Holika Dahan is a symbol of ancient Hindu mythology and is connected to the legend about Holika as well as Prahlad.
• It is a symbol of victory for goodness over evil, and also the beginning of spring.
• Holika Dahan is a time to allow the people of India to shed their inhibitions, let go of their inhibitions, forgive and forget and join in oneness.

Holika Dahan Muhurta

Holika Dahan Timing is 11:13 pm to 12:44 am – 24th March 2024

Purnima Tithi Begins – 09:54 am -24th March 2024Purnima Tithi Ends – 12:29 pm – 25th March 2024

Why Holika Dahan is Celebrated

• Holi or Holika Dahan is a festival celebrated by people of all ages, faiths and cultures.
• The celebration is characterized by throws of coloured powders, water balloons, coloured powder, and coloured water.
• People gather on streets or in parks and temples to celebrate the festival.
• Dancing, music and food are important aspects of the Holi celebrations.
• For Sadhak it is the best time to perform mantra and tantra sadhana.

What to do on the eve of Holika Dahan?

Fast: Fasting is the best form of tapas and it helps in the purification of the physical body, you can do fasting on Fruits or Water also, if unable to stay on complete fasting also known as Nirjala Fasting.

Pranayam or Yog Sadhana: Again the best way to purify your mind and body is to perform more pranayam on holika dahan and even on rang panchami. One can opt for Anulom Vilom Pranayam which helps in the purification of 84,000 Nadis.

Meditation: Many devotees are unable to perform Holi pooja fasting or even pranayam. For those people, meditation is the best form of tapasya.

There are multiple ways to do meditation. The best form of meditation is to fix your mind in between 2 eyebrows visualize deepdiksha ( fire as a form of Atma ) and stay with minimum thoughts.

Mantra Sadhana: Since few devotees love chanting mantras, they can chant their istha mantra to enhance the positivity in their lives. I am giving one Tantra Sadhana for Holi 2024 through which one gets the blessing of their ishta devta.

Holi Sadhana for 2024

For this Sadhana, nine earthen lamps, Kamiya Sindoor, Mohini Kajal, Basmati rice, flowers, Roli, black thread, black rosary of consecrated Hakeek, black cloth, incense, lamp, rose incense sticks, mustard, Ashtagandha are required. This sadhana should be done with a calm mind, with patience and with strong faith.

Sadhana Vidhi: First of all, take a bath, wear pure clothes, spread a shiny black cloth on a wooden platform in front of you and install the idol of Kaal Bhairav in the middle.

Offer vermilion, rice, flowers, Ashtagandha etc. to Kaal Bhairav Bhagwan and connect two lamps in the four corners and close it with a black string and keep mustard and one betel nut for worship in it.

Install Bhairav Ji near each earthen lamp outside, now after all the preparations are done, light the lamp. Once the lamp is lit, it is prohibited to leave the place in this sadhana.

First worship Ganesha, then worship Bhairav and pray for the removal of your obstacles and destruction of your enemies. Rest your left knee on the ground and sit straight with your right foot on the ground and in this posture and with this rosary, chant as many rosaries of the mantra given below as possible. The lamp should remain burning the entire time.

Now chant Sabar Siddhi Mantra /Sumeru Mantra

गुरु सठ गुरु सठ गुरु है वीर , गुरु साहब सुमरौ बड़ी भांत सिद्धि टोरों बन कहौं मन नाऊ करतार सकल गुरु की हर भजे घट्टा पाकर उठ जाग चेत सम्हार श्री परमहंस ।।

Now Chant Either your Istha Mantra or Below Mantra 11 Mala 

Om Soham Girnar ki Chayaa – Shiv Parvati ne Kalp Vriksha Lagaya I

Mukh Brahma, Madhya Vishnu, Ligakaar Maheshwara, Sarva Devta Pooja Kare, Rudra Devta Namostu Te II

There is another mantra to be chanted on Holika Dahan Ratri

Sat Namo Aadesh !  Om Guruji, Satya Ka Asan, Satya Ka Suth,Satya Ka Baana,

Raksha Kare Shri Shambhu Jati. Guru Gorakhnathji, Avadhoot Soham, Kashti Soham, Mala

Soham, Surti, Dhyan Lagaye Shrinathji Guruji ko Aadesh Aadesh II

I am also translating the Hindi Version of Sadhana Vidhi for Hindi readers.

This is a Nath Panthi Sadhana which is very powerful to get the blessings of God.’According to Nath Panthi, through this Sadhana one can attain ‘realization’ from one’s beloved, only dedication is required. Hope is blood – with this small effort of mine you will get May you get the ‘interview’ and blessings of your deity. Happy Holi to everyone.

Love & Light,

Nirav Hingu

होलिका दहन साधना विधान Holika Dahan Sadhana Vidhan

यह साधना शांत मन से, धैर्यपूर्ण चित्त से, प्रबल विश्वास के साथ संपन्न करनी चाहिए ।

इस साधना के लिए नौ मिट्टी के दीपक, कामिया सिंदूर, मोहनी काजल, बासमती चावल, पुष्प, रोली, काला धागा, अभिमंत्रित हकीक की काली माला, काला वस्त्र, धूप, दीप, गुलाब की अगरबत्ती, सरसों, अष्टगंध आवश्यक हैं। 

साधना विधि : सर्वप्रथम स्नान कर, शुद्ध वस्त्र धारण कर अपने सामने लकड़ी के बाजोट पर चमकीला काला वस्त्र बिछाकर मध्य में काल भैरव की मूर्ति को स्थापित करें।

इस पर सिंदूर, चावल, पुष्प, अष्टगंध आदि चढ़ाएं तथा चारों कोनों में दो दीपकों को जोड़कर काले डोरे से बंद कर दें और उसमें सरसों तथा एक-एक पूजा वाली सुपारी अवश्य रखें। इनके पास ही बाहर प्रत्येक मिट्टी के दीपक के पास भैरव स्थापित करें, अब सारी तैयारी हो जाने के पश्चात दीपक जलाएं। एक बार दीपक जलाने के पश्चात इस साधना में स्थान से उठना वर्जित है ।

सर्वप्रथम गणेश पूजा करें, इसके पश्चात भैरव पूजा कर, अपनी बाधाओं के शमन एवं दुश्मनों के नाश हेतु प्रार्थना करें। बायां घुटना धरती पर टिकाएं तथा दायां पैर जमीन पर रखते हुए सीधे बैठें और इस मुद्रा से तथा इस माला से नीचे दिए गए मंत्र की अधिक-से-अधिक मालाएं जपें, पूरे समय में दीपक जलते रहने चाहिए।

मंत्र इस प्रकार है—

ॐ सोऽम गिरनार की छाया। शिव पार्वती ने कल्प-वृक्ष लगाया। मुख ब्रह्मा,

मध्य विष्णु, लिंगाकार महेश्वरा । सर्व-देवता पूजा करें, रूद्र – देवता नमोऽस्तु ते ।।

होली पर करने के लिए दूसरा मंत्र इस प्रकार है-

सत् नमो आदेश! ॐ गुरुजी, सत्य का आसन, सत्य का सुत, सत्य का बाणा,

रक्षा करे श्रीशम्भु जती। गुरु गोरखनाथजी, अवधूत सोहं, कष्टी सोहं, माला

सोऽम, सुरती ध्यान लगाए । श्रीनाथजी गुरुजी को आदेश – आदेश ।

यह नाथ पंथी साधना है जो ईश्वर का आशीर्वाद पाने के लिए अत्यंत शक्तिशाली है। नाथ-पन्थी अनुसार इस साधना से अपने इष्ट से ‘साक्षात्कार’ तक हो जाता है, केवल लगन चाहिए।

आशा रखता हूँ – मेरे इस छोटे से प्रयास से आपको अपने इष्ट के ‘साक्षात्कार’ और आशीर्वाद मिल जाये। सभी को होली की शुभ कामनायें ॥

आपका शुभचिंतक,

नीरव हिंगु