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Step-by-step Holi puja vidhi for 2026 — what to prepare, the order of the ritual, and what to do when you are doing it at home for the first time.
Holi 2026: 4 March 20262 daysहोली
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In the order a household actually does it, including what to set up beforehand.
Holika Dahan
Wood and cow-dung cakes are stacked around a central pole and tied with a red thread. A coconut and wheat ears are placed at the top. Families circle the pyre with water and akshat before it is lit.
Holika Dahan
The pyre is lit after sunset, typically in the Pradosh or Nishita window. Offerings of gur, sattu and wheat are made into the fire, and everyone walks around it. Take a little ash home as a blessing.
Dhulandi
Start with gulal on the feet of elders, then turmeric or gulal on the forehead. Colour play with water is usually reserved for the middle of the day.
Dhulandi
A bath, fresh clothes, and a visit to relatives' homes with sweets. This is the calm, social half of Holi and often the part families enjoy most.
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Ritual order genuinely varies. Where it does, this is the difference.
The spiritual home of Holi. Lathmar Holi at Barsana runs days before the main festival, with women striking men with sticks in a re-enactment of Radha's play; Nandgaon replies the next day. Phoolon Wali Holi at Banke Bihari temple and Widow's Holi at Vrindavan are newer, well-documented additions.
Holika Dahan on the eve, then a loud water-and-colour Holi the next morning. Neighbourhood colonies often pool resources for the bonfire.
Celebrated as Dol Purnima or Dola Purnima — a Radha-Krishna swing festival with processions and abir applied gently, rather than the street colour play of the north.
Holi is followed immediately by Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, the day after, where Nihang Sikhs perform gatka and display horsemanship. It is a martial and cultural festival, not a colour festival.
Celebrated as Phakuwa or Doul Utsav, centred on Barpeta Satra, where the festival lasts several days with devotional song and dance rather than colour play.
Holi is muted in much of the south; Karnataka's coastal and northern districts observe it as Kamanna Habba or Holi more visibly than Tamil Nadu does.
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Sources and how this was checked
Last reviewed 6 October 2026. Time and Date — Holidays in India 2026. How we source and correct festival content.