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Prahalad & His Devotion
Prahalad was the son of Hiranyakashipu ( King of Asuras). From his childhood he was very much inclined towards bhakti and use to pray the God almighty. He also encouraged his friends to do the same. Once prahalad was worshipping Lord Vishnu in the school. His father saw this and punished him. Later he was sent to the Gurukul where his guru played wicked tricks against Prahalad to prevent him from indulging in any sort of prayers. He also warned Prahalad against performing prayers and told him that he will be punished severely if he does so. Prahalad did not want to upset his parents and guru. So he started to be very attentive and worshipped god only in their absence. But sometimes prahald could not restrict his bhakti and use to sing devotional songs very loudly in presence of everybody. Prahald also indulged his friends in performing bhakti and started preaching them about god. All his fiends cooperated with Prahalad in doing bhakti. When his guru learnt about this fact, he called Prahalad and questioned him “Is it true that you still offer prayers and also motivate your friends to do so? “ To this Prahalad replied very politely “Gurudev, What you have heard is absolutely true. We all worship God and we make sure that we do it in your absence so that it does not upset you.” His guru got very angered and said “Mischievous boy! You disobey your Guru’s words! Do you even know that disagreeing to Guru’s words is equivalent to committing grave sin?” Prahalad said “Gurudev, I can make a promise of not worshipping God in your presence. But it is impossible for me to keep my self devoid of bhakti.” Guru said “Dear son Prahalad! As per Vaishnav Dharma, following Guru’s words is the purest form of bhakti and adhering to it is the prime responsibility of shishya. If a shishya follows his guru he will be freed from all the sins and will attain Moksha. Hence dear prince, you treat me as the savior and follow my words.” After listening to his Guru’s words Prahald gave a very apt and beautiful reply. He said “It is absolutely true that you have given us bookish knowledge. I respect you for the same but you are not my Sadguru. As per your teachings of Vaishnav Dharma, if you increase your glory and vastness to be treated as sadguru, then there will be no end to my happiness. It is for the same reason I repeatedly ask you to worship the supreme God. Harernameva Nameva Mama Jeevanam! (Praising hari and uttering his greatness is my life) If you also become sadguru then we will never disobey you. Then this school will become the sacred place where shishya gets not only bookish knowledge but also a way to attain Moksha. Listening to the words of Prahalad Guru said “Dear shishya, no one can ever disrupt you from bhakti.” So the moral of the story is “We must bravely overcome all the hassles and difficulties which prevent us from doing bhakti.”

Importance Of Holi
The festival of colours – Holi is celebrated in the season of Vasant. It is the time when winter ends and summer commences. As a consequence of these seasonal changes, the intensity of disease spread increases significantly. In ancient times to save our human body from these dreadful diseases, a tradition of playing Holi with Palash Flower was followed. This sattvic fragrance provided sattvik nourishment to the neurons and the nervous system, in fact to the entire body. Whichever of the seven colours were deficient in the body, would be supplemented in this manner. Consequently, we would not become irritable or depressed even in circumstances that would have otherwise made us so. This is the benefit of Holi. Conversely inappropriate tradition of playing Holi with colours made up of chemicals is in practice today. Moreover people use abusive language, spill mud over each other which is both morally and ethically incorrect. We must not involve in any such bad practices. Instead we must make good use of natural colours which will benefit us in sustenance of good health. Every colour affects our mind and thoughts. There are seven colours as well as seven Dhatus in our body. Diseases usually occur as the consequences of some deficiency or excess in any of these seven Dhatus or colours. Those who treat diseases through use of different colours (Chromatherapists) know which diseases can be cured with which colourWater filled in a bottle of the deficient colour is kept in the sun and then given to the patient. With the supply of the deficient colour, patients are cured. . But wonderful indeed is Indian culture! Here we find the tradition of wetting people in the colours of Palash flowers in the name of Holi Celebration to make them capable of withstanding the scorching heat of the ensuing summers and also keep their seven colours in balance. Holi is played with Palash flowers in order to balance the seven Dhatus and increase the life force and also to resist diseases caused by seasonal changes. Thus, Holi is directly related with health. Unbounded use of chemical colours in the present days is causing severe health concerns and even Doctors concur to this fact. Chemicals, detergents and impure sand particles used in making artificial colours have harmful effects on not only human skins but also on eyes, throat and hair.

ChemicalColors Are Dangerous
Chemical colours available in market Mostly prepare by ENGINE OIL MIXED with METAL OXIDE or DIE ie BLACK colour is prepared by “LED OXIDE” that causes the LEVER DISEASE ,it also harmful for hearing ability of human being. GREEN colour contains ‘copper sulphate’ that cause the eye disease and could be cause of complete BLINDNESS. Purple colour contained ‘chromium iodide’ that can cause BRONCHIAL ASTMA and ALERGY like disease. Silver colour contained ‘Aluminum Bromide‘ that can cause cancer. Blue Colour contains ‘Persian blue’ that can cause skin disease. Red colour contain ‘Mercury Sulfate’ that can cause SKIN CANCER and MENTAL RETARDATION. So avoid holy with chemical colour always use natural coloure only .natural coloures are good for health specially for FACE and skin even we can prepare it at our home easily.