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Fair & Festivals
Mewar Festival
(Udaipur, MarchApril) Coinciding with the
festival of Gangaur the Mewar festival is
celebrated to welcome the advent of spring.
Once the religions part of the festival
is over it is time for potrayal of Rajasthani
culture through songs, dances and other
programmes. The festival culminates with
an impressive fire works display.
Summer Festival
(Mt. Abu, June) The steep rocks, tranqillake,
mango grooves, bauhinia trees & thickets
of wild berries cover this hilly mount.
The three day festival is a feast of folk
& classical music and a window to the
tribal life & culture of Rajasthan.
Cail; Choomar & Dhap folk dances enthrall
the spectators. Sporting events such as
the boat race on the Nakki lake add variety
to the festival.
Teej Fair
 (Jaipur
, July-August) The festival celebrating
the reunion of Shiva & Parvati, is celebrated
at the onset of the onsoon. Teej is the
festival of swings. Young girls & women
dressed in green clothes sing songs &
swing in celebrating the advent of the mansoon.
An elaborate procession is taken out in
Jaipur for two consecutive days with ornately
dressed elephants, horses & camels,
bands, performing artists & coluorfully
dressed people Goddess Parvati is invoked
to bless her worshippers with conjugal harmony
& bliss.
Pushkar Fair
(Pushkar-Ajmer, November) Excitement, gaiety
and a keen sense of competition fill the
air as the long journey to Pushkar begins.
The only temple dedicated to Lord Brahma
(the creator) is located at Pushkar. The
Pushkar lake is surrounded by 52 flights
of steps called ghats. Legend has it that
Lord Vishnu appeared at the Varah ghat in
the form of a boar. Brahma took a bath here
and performed yagna at the Brahma Ghat accompanied
by Vishnu & Mahadev. The ashes of Mahatma
Gandhi (Father of the Nation) were immersed
at the Gandhi ghat. Pushkar is among the
five principal places of Hindu pilgrimage.
People consider the water of the Pushkar
lake to be very sacred and the ritual of
taking dips in the holy water IS believed
to bestow salvation.
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