ABOUT

Hola is a one-day Sikh festival which most often falls in March[2][3] and takes place on the second day of the lunar month of Chett, a day after the Hindu spring festival Holi.[4] Hola Mohalla is a big festive event for Sikhs around the world and also marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. The fair held during Holi and Hola at Anandpur Sahib is traditionally a three day event but participants attend Anandpur Sahib for a week, camping out and enjoying various displays of fighting prowess and bravery, and listening to kirtan, music, and poetry.[5] For meals, which is an integral part of the Sikh institution (Gurdwara), visitors sit together in Pangats (Queues) and eat vegetarian food of the Langars.[6] The event concludes on the day of Hola Mohalla with a long, military-style procession near Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, one of the five seats of temporal authority of the Sikhs