After early morning breakfast at the hotel, our escort will take you to the “City of Krishna” Mathura. This princely city is very famous for their colorful culture “Brijwasi”. In Mathura there are lots of touristic attractions for sightseeing. A famous festival of India “Holi” is a very glorious event of this city. This is the festival of colors which is celebrated with a great enthusiasm in this city of Uttar Pradesh. The people celebrate this festival in many different ways but nearby Mathura a small town located at a distance of about 42Km which name is “Barsana”, this is the birth place of Lord Krishna’s beloved Radha.
Description of the Barsana Holi
On the day of Holi there is the event organized by the local people which is the world famous event of India, nearby the Barsana there is a village Nandgaon, their men will come to Barsana with the motive to cross the temple of “Shri Radhikaji” but there is a coincidence, the women of Barsana are not allowing them to cross the temple borders with the bamboo sticks and men of Nandgaon are protect them with the shield because they are unable to strike back but they can do splash colors on the women. That is very famously called “Latthmar Holi”. This all are inspired by the stories of lord Krishna, some people says that on that time Krishna did same as like Nandgaon men to meet with gopis and his beloved Radha of Barsana. At the end the men who are caught by the women that all have to become like a very famous proverb “tied to wifes apron strings”. But this all things about fun and the attention to spread love with the motive given by Lord Krishna. In the evening when today’s event has been complete come back to your hotel, grab a delicious dinner and take rest to hail your tiredness of full day and be ready for the next day event at nandgaon.
Have a comfortable overnight stay at hotel.