When is Holi 2012?

Holi is a moving festival, meaning there is no fixed date to celebrate it. Generally it is celebrated on the last full moon day in early March every year. On 2012, Holi falls on 8th of March which is a Sunday. Aptly called the festival of colors, earlier it was celebrated for fertility of the land and good harvest. The main day of Holi is also known by several other names such as Dhulendi, Dhulandi or Dhulheti.
Celebrate Holi 2012 without any inhibition, go all out and indulge in fun, food, music, dance and the festivities. The festival is celebrated by splashing colors known as Gulal and colored water on each other.

The bonfires are lit as a symbolic eradication of the demoness Holika. Like every other year Holi 2012 is the time for everybody to join in the celebrations irrespective of their caste, religion, color, language and creed. On the day of Holi, the streets are filled up with people splashed in various colors, it is almost impossible to distinguish who is who. People move from house to house smearing people with the colors, eating sweets, drinking thandai laced with a slight amount of intoxicant known as Bhang. By noon, the coloring aspect of Holi comes to an end, most people head towards their homes while some prefer to go to ponds and indulge in some more fun with all those who have come to wash off the colors.