Rajasthan Festivals

Mewar festival is celebrated to welcome the advent of spring. The festival is celebrated with much fun and gaiety and marked with colourful display of Rajasthan's culture through songs, dances and other programmes, very own to Rajasthan.

Held in the month of October in Jodhpur, this annual event of Rajasthan attempts to portray the art and culture of the Jodhpur region. The festival is exclusively devoted to songs and dance. The festival is held for two days during the full moon of Sharad Purnima.

Dussehra is one of the major festivals celebrated in almost all the parts of India. Celebrating the triumph of good over evil, the festival is held in the lunar month of Ashvin, falling in the month of September - October. Gigantic effigies of the Ravana and his brothers are set aflame amidst colouful bursting of crackers. This festival is celebrated with great joy & happiness.

On the eve of Makar Sankranti, that is on the 14th of January people at many parts of India enjoy kite flying. People from all age groups can be seen with their heads turned to the sky. In the Pink City Jaipur Rajasthan, kites in multiple shade, size and shape virtually invade the sky. Kite festival is celebrated with much thrill & entertainment in Rajasthan and by being part of it you can make your Rajasthan trip more entertaining.

Urs in Ajmer is one of the major festivals of Rajasthan, commemorated in the solemn memory of Khwaja Muinnddin Chisti, a Sufi Saint fondly revered as the benefactor of the poor, for which he is popularly known as Gareeb Nawaz. The Dargah of the Saint in Ajmer, is the place where his mortal remains lie buried and is also the site of the largest Muslim Fair - Urs Fair in India.

Jaisalmer celebrates Desert Festival in the month of January - February every year. Showcase the performing arts of Rajasthan on the endless stretches of the sand around its desert citadel, the festival reverberates the entire ambience with sounds and colours.

On the full moon day of Kartik, that is in the month of October-November, people from all over move towards Pushkar to take a holy dip in the holy water of Pushkar Lake and visit the Pushkar Camel Fair, the world's largest cattle fair. This is an occasion when people gather in Pushkar from all the parts of the state, country and world, some to trade on cattle, some to take a dip in the Pushkar lake, some to enjoy and some to take an insight into the colourful event of Pushkar.

Might sound absurd, but this a festival when elephants are dressed in their best outfits and are adorned with most glittering ornaments to look best in the gathering. It's a unique event held annually in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. The heavily decorated elephants catwalk before an enthralled audience. The elephants move gracefully in procession, run races, play the regal game of polo, and finally participate in the spring festival of Holi.