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Gangaur Festival

Gangaur Festival is usually celebrated in March or April, a fortnight after Holi. It is the most colorful and important festival of Rajasthan. Young girls and newly married women praying for their loved one or husband respectively, offer prayers to Goddess Parvati in spring (Mar or Apr). Ghever, the traditional sweet associated with this festival is prepared all over the city.

Other Jaipur Festivals


Baneshwar Fair
Kaila
Devi Fair
Nagaur
Fair
Shekhawati
Fair
Banganga
Fair
Dussehra
& Diwali
Elephant
Festival
Teej
  Gangaur
Festival
Makar
Sankranti
 

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