Holika Dhahan
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1. Place all of the ingredients for the Puja on a plate. Puja Thali goes well with a little water pot. Sit in a position that faces either the East or the North when at the Puja site.
2. Now take the water, rice, flower and some money in the right hand and take Sankalp.
3. Now remember Lord Ganesha after taking flower and rice in the right hand.
4. After worshipping Lord Ganesha, remember Goddess Ambika by applying Roli and grains to a flower and offering it to Goddess Ambika along with fragrance.
5. Now chant the following Mantra to commemorate Lord Narasimha and put Roli and rice to a flower and offer it to Lord Narasimha along with fragrance.
6. Now, remember devotee Prahlada and add Roli and rice to a flower, which you will gift to him together with fragrance.
7. Holika should be given rice, scents, flowers, indestructible Moong lentils, turmeric pieces, coconut, and Bharbholiye (a garland formed of dried cow dung also known as Gulari or Badkula). While circumambulating the Holika, three, five, or seven rounds of raw yarn are knotted around it. After that empty the water pot in front of Holika pile.
8. Holika is then set ablaze. The fire from the public bonfire is usually transported home and used to burn Holika. After that, all men wear auspicious mark of Roli and take blessings from elders. People circumambulate Holika and offer new crops to the bonfire and roast them. The roasted grains are distributed as Holika Prasad.
9. Holika is then set ablaze. The fire from the public bonfire is usually transported home and used to burn Holika. Following that, all men are required to wear the auspicious Roli mark and seek blessings from elders. People make a circle around Holika and offer new crops to the campfire to burn. Holika Prasad is the name given to the toasted grains.
The ash from the bonfire is gathered and rubbed on the body the next morning, on the day of wet Holi. The ash is regarded religious, and it is thought that by applying it, the body and spirit are purged. By using the ash of bonfire many remedies are suggested by astrologers.