India is well recognized as a country of festivals and so Rajasthan is not an exception there in. However it can be well said that Rajasthan is a place where festivals are celebrated with more colors, more happiness, more dances and more music.
In Rajasthan almost in every festival you will see a fair like cattle fair, camel fair etc. Here from time to time Gov also introduces few fairs so that rich heritage of Rajasthan can be shown to all. Here the most popular activities are elephant race, horse polo, camel race, folk dances and music which are almost repeated in every festival however it would be really better if you keep yourself updated with days of celebration of particular festival. When we come to count numbers of festival of Rajasthan, it is really numerous which is not an easy task to portray here in short time so I am just mention below the list of few festivals which can make your Rajasthan visit more colorful and enjoyable. They are:
Camel Festival—
It is celebrated in Bikaner in month of January. By visiting here you will see amazing breath stopping races of camels.
Desert festival-
It is celebrated in Jaislmer in month of January. In this festival you can take glance of camel dance. Other attractions of this festival are puppet show, camel race, turban tying competition, fire dances.
Nagauer Fair-
It is celebrated in Nagaur in month of February. Here cattle fair is the main attraction. Mirchi bazaar and cock fair are also not to be missed activities here.
Baneshwar Fair- It is a famous religious festival held at occasion of Shivratri in month of Feb on Mahi and Some River’s bank. It is also known as a great festival where people of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh meet with love and togetherness.
Chaksu Fair- It is a fair where mainly purpose is to honor Mata Shitla Devi, and is held in month of March. Here one amazing fact you will notice that on this day no one eats the fresh food but food which is prepared one day before.
Brij festival- It is regarded as a very lovely festival where colors, dance and music use to be mainly displayed. It comes just few days before actual Holi celebration in India.
Elephant festival- As name shows it is a festival where decorated elephants are the main hero. It is celebrated at actual day of Holi in Jaipur so no doubt colors also being the main attraction of this festival.
Gaungaur festival- This is a women oriented festival where mainly women use to worship Maa Parvati; wife of lord Shiva. It is celebrated mainly in Jaipur, Mandawa and Udaipur after just finishing of Holi celebration.
Mewar Festival- It is mainly festival of Udaipur region, and is celebrated in month of March or April. This festival is actually for welcoming spring season.
Urs Festival- Urs Festival is celebrated in the month of May at Ajmer at the death anniversary of Sufi Saint Mouniddin Chisti. In this festival you can see thousands of pilgrims from the entire world gathered here.
Summer Festival- It is celebrated in month of June at Mount Abut, the most romantic hill station at Rajasthan.
Teej Festival- It is held in Jaipur in month of August. It is also dedicated to Goddess Parvati. In this married women worship goddess Parvati for their husband long life and unmarried women worship such goddess to get blessing for a perfect partner in life.
Marwar Festival- In this festival you can enjoy all types of folk dances of Rajasthan; and is celebrated in the month of October in Jodhpur.
In short it can be well said that there are chains of festival in Rajasthan which continues for whole year. By visiting this festival you can easily take glance of Rajasthan culture.
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