The most colorful festival of India is again here; people will be on the streets again and will celebrate the festival with great pomp. Every year, the festival is marked on the full moon day of the month of Phalgun, according to the Hindu Calendar. This year, this festival of colors will fall on March 14.
But, there are a few places in India that do not participate in celebrating this super fun festival of colors. According to the sources, people of these places don’t even touch colors to mark the festival. It is believed that such hesitation is due to historical events and cultural beliefs linked to those places.
Today, as Holi is around the corner, here is a list of places that do not celebrate the festival and also the reason behind the same -
Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
In the city of Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu people don’t prefer playing Holi. Instead of going out on the streets and playing the festival with colors, the residents of the city worship their gods and goddesses, who are believed to have come to Earth on the same day.
Therefore, instead of playing Holi they sit in their homes and perform religious rituals.
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
In this beautiful city of Uttarakhand, which is covered with mountains and nature’s scenery, Holi is not celebrated. According to the locality, it is believed that in the villages of Quili and Kurjhan - situated in the Rudraprayag district their presiding goddess does not like noise, and keeping this in mind, Holi is not celebrated here.
Ramsan, Gujarat
Ramsan is a village in Gujarat that has not celebrated the festival for the last 200 years. According to a famous folktale, the main reason behind the zero celebration of the festival is a curse from a saint because of the wrong deeds of a King. The saint, while cursing the King and his kingdom, mentioned that if the festival of Holi is celebrated in the city, then bad times will come.
Durgapur, Jharkhand
Bokaro district of Durgapur, Jharkhand doesn't observe the festival of Holi to pay respectful tribute to their King and his son. According to the people living in the district, the son of the King died on the day of Holi, and following this, the King ordered not to celebrate the festival, and this event was followed by the death of the King - also on the occasion of Holi. Then, the people of the state stopped playing Holi.