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Festivals and Fairs of Rajasthan

Neeraj Panchal720 18-Apr-2019


India is the land of festivals and thousands of tourists from mostly all parts of the world.

Every State has its own different culture and different cultures lead to different Fairs & Festivals.

Rajasthan is the largest state of India and so is its celebration ways. There is a long list of Festivals and Fairs celebrated the whole year in Rajasthan. But here we are showing the best of them which are enough to give you goosebumps.

1. Gangaur Festival ( City of Lakes )

The festival celebrated in the happiness of union of two souls. Gangaur Festival is the festival of Lord Shiv and Gauri. Here “Gan” stands for God Shiv and “Gaur” stands for Goddess Paarvati.

This festival is one of the most important festivals of Rajasthan in which both married and unmarried women pray clay idol of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati for getting praise from god for a happy married life and a good husband.

Gangaur is celebrated in whole Rajasthan ut if you want to experience Gagaur Festival at its best then you must come City of Lakes, Udaipur,

 What you have to do is just reach Udaipur City and from there book a taxi to reach Gangaur Ghat of Udaipur early morning. The Gangaur Ghat is the place where the Gangaur is celebrated near the huge Pichola Lake

You can check LakeViewTrip to hire the best taxi service in Udaipur.

Festivals and Fairs of Rajasthan

  The special thing about the celebration of Gangaur Ghat in Udaipur is that “ Raani Sa Of Udaipur belonging from the Royal Family of Mewar Kingdom visits here with her “ Daasiyan” for the prayer of Lord Shiva and Parvati “ every year.

And the view of Gangaur Ghat at the time of Raani Sa’s arrival for prayer is worth watching.

2. Pushkar Fair ( Pushkar )

Festivals and Fairs of Rajasthan

From childhood, we heard about Pushkar Fair for at least once from anyone and that’s because it is one of the biggest and famous fairs in Asia.

Pushkar fair is also the world’s largest Camel Fair. This traditional fair of Pushkar Rajasthan is full of competitions like Matkiphod, Bridal competition, and Moustache Competition.

You can purchase Camels from here also.

The Rajputs here with their big mustache are the main attraction for tourists.

After all, Pushkar is the part of Royal Rajasthan and that’s why “ Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye - Rajasthan “.

3. Jaipur Literature Festival

Jaipur is famous from decades for keeping the culture of Rajasthan preserved. Jaipur is still the live example for those who want to see the real Rajasthan Style. Either about food, clothes or classical dance and fairs Jaipur has it all.

We all are aware of that old dialogue “ The power of ink ( kalam ) can revolutionize anything” and looks like “ Jaipur took this serious”.

Festivals and Fairs of Rajasthan

In this Literature Festival of Jaipur, all the writers in the world are celebrated here. Its all about writing and writers.

This literature festival takes place in Diggi Palace of Jaipur in the month of January.

If you are from Rajasthan and you want to attend this festival then you can take a Taxi for Rajasthan tour to Jaipur.

4. Desert Festival ( Jaisalmer )

Festivals and Fairs of Rajasthan

January and February is the time of year when the empty sands of Jaisalmer ( Thar Desert ) start dancing in the celebrations. In the Desert Festival of Jaisalmer, you can experience the Royal Real Rajasthani Style. Competitions like camel race, camel polo, and dance will start the day here in the sands of Jaisalmer with whopping energy and as the sun will go down, the sand of Jaisalmer will shine bright with the celebration lights of shows of many classical singers, gazals and dance performances. The tall Rajasthani men with a big mustache and tall Rajasthani Women will form an amazing bind with many dance performances making the night both romantic and full of fun. So be ready to clap for the dance performances at night in Jaisalmer’s desert.


Updated 18-Apr-2019

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