Holi 2019 Special : Crazy Facts About Bhang that will blow your mind

Crazy Facts About Bhang that will blow your mind!!!

Holi is considered as one of the most revered and celebrated festivals of India and it is celebrated in almost every part of the country. It is also sometimes called as the “festival of love” as on this day people get to unite together forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feeling towards each other. The great Indian festival lasts for a day and a night, which starts in the evening of Purnima or the Full Moon Day in the month of Falgun. It is celebrated with the name Holika Dahan or Choti Holi on first evening of the festival and the following day  is called Holi. In different parts of the country it is known with different names.

Bhang & Holi are nearly synonymous in India. And because the D-day is nearly here, let's begin the celebrations by getting to know some mind-blowing facts about the 'Holi Poison' Bhang!

"Rango ke is Tyohar mein sabhi Rango ki ho bharmar, Dher saari khushiyon se bhara ho aapka sansar, Yahi dil se dua hai Bhagwan se hamari har bar, Holi Mubarak ho mere Yaar!"

With holi, two things that pop in our head are Ranh and Bhang. Though Bhang is an intoxicing drink, it ia acceptable to consume it socially during the festival of Holi, in the Northern part of India.

Bhang is associated with Lord Shiva, who is also known as Lord of Bhang.

Bhang is known to elevate energy levels and this is the main reason why its is an absolute Holi favourite.

This intoxicating Holi favourite is actullay made from the buds and leaves of cannabis plants.

It has been used in food and drinks since 1000 BCE.

Bhang has been mentioned in the Atharva Veda as a 'reliver of pains'.

In certain section of the population, Bhang goli is seen as a trediataional sleeping aid and if consumed in right quantatiy, then Bhang can also help in weight loss.

 Although Bhang is enetiraly made of Cannabis plants, its traditaional and religeous links are the main reasons why it hasn't been banned during the festival of Holi.

Bhang infused lassi or thandais are sold at specially licensed bhang shops during the festival of colours.

If you plan on getting high on bhang, make sure that you stay hydrated, dont mix drinks and chill in open spaces.

With all the talks about holi I recollected an amazing incident which I had witnessed last holi.. so it all began with water-balloons, early morning i was on my roof watching kids play with water-guns and boom a water-balloon hit me from the opposite building and the fight began....I gathered my cousins and we all made lots of water-balloons and hit the kids with color filled balloons... in sometime it stopped, we were all wet and colorful. Mom called us back home for the great amazing holi breakfast. I must tell you holi-snacks are the best, there is a lot of variety such as"Jalebi's", "Gujjiya" "Kachori" much more and everything is just yum. And after that we all went for colony organised function of holi. there were color stalls, food stalls and the bhang stall! Everybody was having fun playing, dancing around with colors. Then me and my friends had bhang just one and then another and another we didn't stop until we had 5 glasses. And i just remember bits but i couldn't stop laughing for no reason.... one of my friend kept dancing all day... i had a different feeling of not feeling anything but happy. i just can tell you that holi is one of best festival.