page_title: Hola Mohalla
section_title: Nihang Singhs
hierarchical_section_title: Hola Mohalla / Nihang Singhs
caption_attribution_description: Sikhs gather in large numbers at the pilgrimage site of Anandpur Sahib for Hola Mohalla. Martial arts are at display. They also play with Holi colors, as is visible on the horse riders collar, beard and face.
context_page_description: Hola Mohalla, also called Hola, is a three day long Sikh festival which normally falls in March and takes place on the second day of the lunar month of Chett, a day after the Hindu spring festival Holi but sometimes coincides with Holi. Hola Mohalla is a big festive event for Sikhs around the world.
  The fair held during Holi and Hola at Anandpur Sahib is traditionally a three-day event but participants attend Anandpur Sahib for a week, camping out and enjoying various displays of fighting prowess and bravery, and listening to kirtan, music and poetry. For meals, which is an integral part of the Sikh institution, visitors sit together in Pangats and eat vegetarian food of the Langars. The event concludes on the day of Hola Mohalla with a long, "military-style" procession near Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, one of the five seats of temporal authority of the Sikhs.
context_section_description: The Nihang are the members of the khalsa army known for their distinctive blue traditional robes  and dumala, which are often embellished. They are prominent at the Hola Mahalla festival.
caption: Sikhs gathered at Hola Mohalla Holi festival in Anandpur Sahib
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