Summary:
Amid chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and hundreds of devotees hurling ‘gulal’ in the air, the traditional ‘gauna’ of Baba Kashi Vishwanath took place on the occasion of ‘Rangbhari Ekadashi’ in Varanasi on Wednesday to mark the beginning of Holi celebrations in the temple city.
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Kashi is incomplete without Baba Vishwanath.
This is the reason that in the city of Mahadev itself from the beginning, any auspicious work including Holi also starts with `Baba`.
Holi starts with colorful Ekadashi when Baba plays Gulaal with Abir.
It is necessary to state here that `Baba` in Benaras calls Kashi Vishwanath, Lord Bholenath.
Holi begins in Banaras with the arrival of Kashi for the first time as the goddess Gauri, who resides as Annapurna in Kashi, the city of the Great Goddess.
From this day, playing with colors begins in Kashi, which lasts for six consecutive days.
According to mythological belief, on the day of the colorful Ekadashi, Lord Shiva came to Kashi for the first time after marrying Goddess Parvati.