![]() ![]() The colours of Holi manifest in the Lord's love. The Guru Granth Sahib contains passages prescribing the celebration of Holi by serving God. Hola Mohalla builds upon the Spring festival of Holi. Hola Mohalla festival and sports, Anandpur Sahib Punjab India The event concludes on the day of Hola Mohalla with a long, "military-style" procession near Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, one of the five seats of temporal authority of the Sikhs. For meals, which is an integral part of the Sikh institution ( Gurdwara), visitors sit together in Pangats (Queues) and eat vegetarian food of the Langars. ![]() 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. Hola Mohalla is a big festive event for Sikhs around the world. Hola Mohalla, also called Hola, is a three-day long Sikh festival which normally falls in March and takes place on the second day of the lunar month of Chett, a day after the Hindu spring festival Holi but sometimes coincides with Holi. Three-day fair at Shri Anandpur Sahib ending on Hola Mohalla day (Usually March) Seeing the need to protect Anandpur from its hostile neighbors the Guru ordered the construction of a series of defensive forts.The Khalsa celebrating the Sikh festival Hola Mohalla or simply Hola. The neighboring hill Rajas and their Mughal allies became increasingly hostile towards the success of the Sikh community and their associates thriving in their midst in this region. The construction began in 1689 and took over ten years to complete. All the forts were joined together with earthworks and underground tunnels. Keshgarh at the center (now a Takht), Anandgarh (fort of bliss), Lohgarh (fort of steel), Holgarh (fort of colour) and Fatehgarh (fort of victory). To protect the Sikhs from the hill Rajas or Mughals, Guru Gobind Singh began the construction of five defensive forts all around the town. Guru Gobind Singh spent 25 years at Anandpur Sahib. It is situated in the middle of Shri Anandpur Sahib on another spur, about 800 metres southeast of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib. In Gurdwara Sahib also there is Sacred Baoli Sahib. Anandgarh is one from five Kilas Built By Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji for the protection of sikhs from Hill rulers. Anandgarh Fort was also known as fort of bliss. ![]()
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