Barsana Holi: Why Nandgaon Men Get Beaten with Sticks:

Barsana Holi 2025: In India, different regions have unique traditions associated with Holi. The women in Barsana are busy oiling their sticks. They are beautifying the sticks by decorating them. The colorful shields are getting ready in the town. Alongside shopping for lehengas and chunaris, special diets are being followed in the morning and evening. The Huriyare of Nand village will come to Barsana on March 8 to participate, and at Barsana the Lathmar Holi will be played in the colorful streets. For this Holi (Holi 2022) to be done on March 8, the Huriyarin sticks were oiled a lot. To complement this, they also made their health by consuming milk and almonds. Several women have prepared a month earlier to participate in Lathmar Holi.

When is Lathmar Holi celebrated in Barsana?
Lathmar Holi is celebrated in Barsana every year on the Navami Tithi of the Shukla Paksha in Falgun month. This year it will fall 8 March.
Holi preparations start a month in advance.

The preparation for the Holi Festival is in full swing now as people in Krishna’s city can be seen relishing gulal and colors. In Braj, various shades of Holi are evident. In the temples of Vrindavan, events associated with Holi are celebrated everyday. In Barsana, the birthplace of Radha Rani, Lathmar Holi sticks and shields are now ready. This Holi is enjoyed by many devotees coming from different parts of the country and the globe.

In Braj, preparations for Holi are in full swing and continuous. The folk of Nanda Chauraha in Nanda Parshad will come to Barsana as Kanha's for the Barsana Ki Holi. Oil is applied on sticks by the Guriyari gopis, and the Holi songs are full of Virahe. All that remains to be seen is whether the Nandgaon men will come and frolic and these women will infuse them with sticks full of admiration.

People start getting ready a month prior to the actual date.

The women of Barsana have mentally prepared themselves to beat the Guriyars located in Nandgaon during the famous Lathmar Holi of Barsana. A lot of women claimed that a month early they alter their meal plan. Their diet also becomes heavy. Milk and nuts consumption is increased a month prior.