Gulaal & Kesar's - 'RED' name defination!

As far as i know Gulaal means Red, so i thought let me find out what Kesar means since i was having a mango syrup from a tin yesterday and it said Kesar on it, and i thought Mango's dont mean Kesar (well i dont think it does lol) Edited by Lennie - 12 years ago

I'm not 100% sure about their meanings but Gulaal means colour na? And Kesar is used to add flavour/colour right?

Gulaal does not means RED😆...it means dry colors with which we play on Holi😛...which is also known as Abir😛. And Kesar means Saffron😛...whose color is golden orange😛.  Though it was weet of you to try to compare their names as one😛. But they are totally different...one is consumed and the other is played with. 😛

^But they're both colours right :P They add colour to whatever they're added to.

First of all iam a die hard Kesar - gulaal fan😳 and so plzzz dont think that iam against them. But Gulaal is not added to anything for color it is just used for playing or decorating Rangoli😛. And Kesar is saffron which is not just used a s a coloring agent but also as a decoration on food and is also used in Ayurveda for curing certain problems. 😛. But yes hypothetically both have colorful influence on our lives. 😆

Gulaal, i probably if i had to say the meaning from the top of my head without looking for the defination i would of just said the 'Colour of Red' actual colour and red 😆

But there is a hint of red in them isnt it 😆 esp if you try and suss out the definations on the net, look for it 😊Edited by Lennie - 12 years ago

Lennie..In fact Gulaal's name was to be matched with Vasant because it is in this season we see the color bloom...
but then Kesar is also saffron and both Gulaal and Kesar are used for puja ..they are considered to be basic ingredients along with abeer which is white...😃 ..So they are matched right😃

Edited by shalini92 - 12 years ago

commonly kesar means saffron colour  but in in rajasthani central  and gujarati culture this word has particular significance its signifies the sindorri colour thats put on indian goddess and indian women if u have visited rural india u must have noticed that  rural women put  an orange sindoor (vermillion ) thts y its very scared ...this coulor also means beautiful ecstatic ...this colour is a symbol of lord krishna' love...so basically gulaal is colour of holi thats means all colour and kesar is the most scared and beautiful colour... Edited by arti07 - 12 years ago

Wow.  Very creative and insightful of all the posters for making the connection with both their names. 

Excellent! 

Love it!