Folk festival Phooldei is being celebrated with great pomp in Uttarakhand, children are taking blessings by putting flowers in dehlis, Chief Minister Dhami gave best wishes

Phooldei festival, a symbol of the arrival of spring season in Uttarakhand and a favorite festival of children, will be celebrated from today. Despite Phooldei festival being celebrated along with Holi, there is a lot of enthusiasm among the children about it. Children have completed preparations for Phooldei. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also wished the people of the state on this occasion.

The Phooldei festival celebrated in Uttarakhand is celebrated on Chaitra Sankranti. In this, children pick various types of flowers along with Fyoli, Burans, Paniya, Peach on a Kandi (basket). After which, while singing the songs of Ghogha Mai, they put flowers on the threshold of the houses.

At some places, flowers are put for ten days and at some places for a week. People give gifts to the children who put flowers. At some places, the children picked flowers on Thursday itself, so that flowers could be put on time in the morning. Pandit Laxmi Prasad Bhatt of Dewar Khadora village and Pandit Sonu Jaisali of Jaisal village said that Phooldei festival will be celebrated on Chaitra Sankranti on Friday.

Amazing confluence of PhulDei and Holi

This time PhulDei coincides with Holi. While people are colored in the colors of Holi, the fragrance of PhulDei is filling this hill state with new energy. In today’s modern era, when the new generation is moving towards western culture, it becomes very important to preserve folk festivals. Festivals like PhulDei connect us to our roots and work to explain the importance of nature and culture to the coming generation. Experts say that we want our children to remain connected to their culture, PhulDei is not just a festival, but a tradition to express gratitude towards nature.

Mythological belief of the festival

The mythological belief behind celebrating the festival is that once Lord Shiva was engrossed in his penance during winter. Many years have passed since the Lord’s penance, but Lord Shiva did not wake up from penance. After which Mother Parvati devised a trick to wake up Lord Shiva from penance. Mother Parvati gave the form of innocent children to Shiva devotees by dressing them in yellow clothes. After which all the gods picked flowers and brought them, whose fragrance spread all over Mount Kailash. First of all, they were offered to the sleeping posture of Lord Shiva, which was called Phooldei. On seeing the Shiv Ganas in the guise of children, Lord Shiva’s anger subsided.