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- Dol Purnima, Dol Jatra, Doul Utsav or Deul is a major Holi festival of Braj, Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, Odisha and Assam. This festival is dedicated to Sri Krishna and Radha. It is mainly celebrated by Gopal community of Odisha. On this auspicious day, a deity of Krishna and his beloved Radha, richly adorned and besmeared with colored powder (Abir. In Brajvasi, Bengali, Odia and Assamese, is taken out in procession in a swinging palanquin, decorated with flowers, leaves, colored clothes and papers. The procession proceeds forward to the accompaniment of music, blaring of conch shells, trumpets made from water buffalo horn and shouts of 'Joy' (Victory) and 'Hôri Bolo' in Odisha. Odia women wash their courtyards with cowdung and decorate with rice powder and flowers. Milk items like home made curd, cream, butter and 'panchamrit' are offered. The people who accompany are offered sweets and drinks. In villages, drinks made of curd are distributed among people and rejoiced by putting Vermillion on each other. In Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya's Vallabh sampradaya or pushtimarg, Dolotsav is celebrated with very high enthusiasm. The deities of the sampradaya swings in a dol(hindola) and plays with his bhaktas with a variety of colours like Abir, Gulab, Aragaja, Chova etc. The main centre of attraction in Hori-Dol is the temple of Shrinathji, which is considered as the main place of worship for vaishnavas. The same way is also practiced in other sampradayas such as Haridasi, Radhavallabha etc. The festival is more significant for Bengali sampradaya of Gaudiyas. Because it was the day when the founder of Gaudiya vaishnavism, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu born. He was a great devotee and a philosopher who played an important part in the Bhakti movement. In Assam, the festival is marked by singing songs, like "Phaku khele korunamoy" by the 16th Century Assamese poet Madhavdev, especially at the Barpeta Satra. The 15th century saint, artist and social reformer Srimanta Sankardev celebrated Doul at Bardowa in Nagaon, Assam. The festival also includes playing with colours made usually from flowers traditionally. (en)
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- Dol Purnima, Dol Jatra, Doul Utsav or Deul is a major Holi festival of Braj, Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, Odisha and Assam. This festival is dedicated to Sri Krishna and Radha. It is mainly celebrated by Gopal community of Odisha. On this auspicious day, a deity of Krishna and his beloved Radha, richly adorned and besmeared with colored powder (Abir. In Brajvasi, Bengali, Odia and Assamese, is taken out in procession in a swinging palanquin, decorated with flowers, leaves, colored clothes and papers. The procession proceeds forward to the accompaniment of music, blaring of conch shells, trumpets made from water buffalo horn and shouts of 'Joy' (Victory) and 'Hôri Bolo' in Odisha. Odia women wash their courtyards with cowdung and decorate with rice powder and flowers. Mil (en)
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