How the day is celebrated in the temple?
Full scale holi celebrations start from evening of Amla Ekadashi (Falgun Shukla Ekadashi) and continue till Holika Dahan day (Falgun Shukla Poornima). During this period a silver hut is erected in the jagmohan and Thakurji occupies that. Thus He is much closer to devotees or easily accessible to communicate and develop relationship. These five days thakurji is adorned in spotless white dress which turns into all colors by the end of Darshan period.Color is extracted by boiling the flowers of tesu in water and this naturally colored warm water with a pleasant fragrance is sprinled on the devotees by the priests. A number of other scented materials like sandal paste, itr (sandal wood oil based natural perfumes), and rosewater are also distributed.
Dry colored natural powders (chemical free) in silver, gold, red, green, yellow, purple etc are used in plenty so that the interiors of temple remain colorful throughout.
Goswamis and devotees in groups sing the songs composed by saints and exalted devotees of yesteryears, describing the varying moods and scenes of Holi (as the one given in the beginning, composed by Swami Shri Haridas) in temple courtyard as well as in city streets. These groups are generally equipped with musical instruments like dhap, khartal, mridang, manjeera, chimta and others. Devotees completely overwhelmed by the spirit of Holi throw colored water and colored powder on each other, visitors and passersby. They sing, dance and cry HOLI HAI! HOLI HAI!