Fair and festivals
in Jaipur contribute a good lot to the overall tour
package. The fairs and festivals of Jaipur are very
characteristic of the local culture and are celebrated
with the same zeal and pomposity as they were celebrated
during the times of the maharajas. From tourists point
of view the occasions are quite beneficiary as they
provide useful insights of the people and the city.
Jaipur city is the right place for a visit and Jaipur
fairs and festivals are right times to be there
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Gangaur
festivals:-
The Gangaur, is the colourful and most important
local festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan, celebrated
every year during the Hindu month of Chaitra (March
- April). Gangaur's first word 'Gan' is a synonym
for lord Shiva and 'Gaur' stands for 'Gauri' or
Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva and
a symbol of conjugal bliss and marital happiness.
Gauri is the epitome of perfection and spousal
love which is because, young girls adorned in
their best clothes pray for a spouse of their
choice, while married women do so for the welfare,
health and long life of their spouses and a happy
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Teej
festival is celebrated during
the arrival of rainy season, every year in
the Hindu Month of Shravan (August). This
festival is also dedicated to the Goddess
Parvati.The tradition is that females both
girls and women adorn themselves in colourful
leharia sarees or costumes, and offer puja
to Goddess Parvati and prayed for conjugal
bliss and happiness. Many couples come to
the city, singing and dancing, on bullock
carts, camel carts, and open tractor-trailers
and villagers come to watch it in large numbers
and buy knick-knacks from the stalls on the
footpaths of the main bazars |
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Donkey fair:-
Held in October, the Donkey fair is one of the well
known festivals in Sanganer. Over the years the
festival have lost its vigour on Indian festival
calender, but Organization like All-India Donkey
Development Mela Committee with the support of Jaipur
Municipal Corporation, the State Department of Animal
Husbandry and a voluntary group "Help in Suffering"
are promoting and celeberating the festival with
full zeal.
Just like Camel festival, lot of donkeys from
all over India are brought here for buying and
selling. The donkey races and sports are organized
for the merriment of people. Recently camels and
horses have also been added to the shopping list
with many visitors even feeling that the horses
are fast establishing a dominant position in the
500-year old fair's donkey tradition.
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