RAJASTHAN FESTIVALS

• Pushkar Festival



The famed Pushkar fair is one of the largest camel fairs in the world. The fair takes place for five to fifteen days annually in the holy city of Pushkar on the banks of Pushkar Lake.Pushkar Fair has become one of the major tourist attractions of Rajasthan.

• Kite Festival



A 3-day festival to celebrate the spirit of Makar Sankranti, the Jodhpur International Desert Kite Festival, is simply put, a kite-flying competition. In reality, it is a colourful and extravagant spectre of kites, of myriad shapes, colours and sizes that deck up the desert sky.

• Elephant Festival



Elephant Festival is celebrated every year on the full moon day of ‘Phalgun Purnima’ in February or March. The festival is organized by Rajasthan Tourism to showcase the imposing royalty of Jaipur, one of the three places that form the Golden Triangle of Indian tourism. Beautiful bedecked elephants are taken out in processions in all their glory, dressed in vibrant colors, anklets, decorated saddle cloth, and colored powder is sprinkled from atop the elephants.

• Gangaur Festival



The Gangaur Festival is celebrated with much aplomb across Rajasthan. The word Gangaur is a combination of two words - Gan which is a synonym for Lord Shiva and Gaur which is used to refer Goddess Parvati.This festival is held in commemoration of Goddess Parvati. The Goddess is revered and worshipped for possessing many qualities such as marital love, courage, strength, and power.

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