He then asked his evil sister, Holika, for help.
Holika had a gift of being safe even in fire.
Holika was blessed with a cloak which can protect her from fire.
Holika had a boon whereby she could enter fire without any
damage on herself.
The tradition of burning Holika or the‘Holika dahan' comes mainly from this legend.
After a lot of attempts failed, he took helps from his sister, Holika.
Holika didn't know that the aid worked just
when she entered the fire alone.
So he asked his sister Holika to set his own son on fire.
This infuriated the King and he asked his sister Holika to kill him.
As a last hope, the king called his demoness sister, Holika for help.
Holika did not know that the boon worked
only when she entered the fire alone.
These three combinations are happening on Holika combustion this year, so Holi will be enjoyable.
Today Holika will be burnt in the evening
and tomorrow will celebrate this festival with colors.
People believed that the sister of Holika was survived however Holika herself died in the fire.
The first day, people burn Holika and on the next day they play with the colours.
Finally, he fed up with his son and called his sister, Holika to get some help.
In her ego, Holika had forgotten that the boon only works
when she enters the fire alone.
He asked the favour of his sister Holika who, because of a boon, was immune to fire.
It should also be noted that
in some parts of India the day is actually called Holika[citation needed].
It was believed that Holika couldn't be harmed by fire, so she
sat in it while holding the child.
The Vasant Panchami additionally denotes the beginning of planning for Holika and Holi, which happen forty days later.
In the memory of this event, people burn Holika and celebrate Holi in the joy of its end.
This festival marks the death of devil Holika by Lord Vishnu in order to save his devotee, Prahlad.
Also known as‘Holika', it has been mentioned in very
early religious texts such as Jaimini's Purva mimamsa-sutras and others.
Today Holika is a Dahan,
it is also called small holi, today people celebrate the victory of goodness of goodness.
He asked his sister, Holika, who was immune to fire, to sit in the fire with Prahlad in her lap.
He asked his sister‘Holika', who was immune to fire,
to sit on a pyre of fire with Prahalad in her lap.
There is also a place called'Holika Dah' where Holika tried to burn Prahlad but she herself was destroyed in the fire.
On the eve of the first day of Holi celebrations, the pyre symbolizing Holika is lit signifying the destruction of evil.
There are various mythological explanations which have been given in the historical books for the death of Holika and celebration of the Holi.