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'''Hola Mohalla''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਹੋਲਾ-ਮਹੱਲਾ ''hōlā muhalā''), also called '''Hola''', is a three-day long [[Sikh]] festival which normally falls in March.<ref name="SikhSpectrum">{{cite journal |last=Ahluwalia |first=M.S. |date=November 2004 |title=Tourism: The Festival of Hola Mohalla |journal=SikhSpectrum.com Quarterly |issue=18 |url=http://www.sikhspectrum.com/112004/hola.htm |access-date=2008-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517080324/http://www.sikhspectrum.com/112004/hola.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Calendar">{{cite web |url=http://www.sikhworld.co.uk/page19.html |title=Sikh Calendar |access-date=2008-09-17 |work=SikhWorld.co.uk |author=Amolak Singh}}</ref> It takes place on the second day of the [[lunar month]] of [[Chet (month)|Chett]], usually a day after the Hindu spring festival [[Holi]], but sometimes
Hola Mohalla is a big festive event for Sikhs around the world.
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== History ==
[[File:Hola Mohalla Panjab Digital Library.jpg|left|thumb|A vintage photograph from 1979 of Hola Mohalla being celebrated at Anandpur Sahib. Digitized by [[Panjab Digital Library]].]]
Hola Mohalla builds upon the Spring festival of Holi. The Guru Granth Sahib contains passages prescribing the celebration of Holi by serving God.<ref>Talib, Gurbachan Singh (1991) Sri Guru Granth Sahib in English Translation, Volume 4. Punjabi University [https://books.google.com/books?id=EEhOAQAAMAAJ&q=festival]</ref> The colours of Holi manifest in the Lord's love.{{refn|group=note|The celebration is described as follows:<ref>[http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1180&english=t&id=50840#l50840 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji]</ref>
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''One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: I serve the Guru, and humbly bow to Him.<br>
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''I am satisfied and fulfilled, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.<br>
''Servant Nanak meditates on the Lord, Har, Har, Har (God).<br>
</blockquote>}} As Holi starts with [[Holika Dahan]] on the full moon night of Phagan or
The festival also has roots in the story of the child
===Customs===
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