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Gangaur Festival, Jaipur
Dedicated to goddess Gauri
(Parvati), the festival commences on Holi/ Young girls pray for rooms of their
choice while married women seek a long life for their husbands. The ladies decorate
their hands and feet )y drawing designs with Mehendi (Myrtle Jaste).
On
the evening of the 7th day after -ioli, unmarried girls go around singing songs
of ghudlia (earthern pots with numerous holes all around with a lamp lit aside)
carrying the pots on their hands. )n their way they collect small presents ,f
cash, sweets, jaggery, ghee, oil etc. The women do these while chanting hymns
to the Goddess.
 Festivities
continue for 18 days culminating with the arrival of Lord Shiva to escort his
bride home.
A grand process Ion with the ideal of Gauri in beautifully
decorated gold and silver a palanquin caparisoned elephants, camels, horses, dances,
drummers & joyous children, goes through the city streets.
In Jaipur
procession forms at the Palace Gate known as Tripolia and moves on the city streets
on to Talkatora.
A vast gathering of jaipurites & villagers from nearby
areas witness the procession. A sweet dish called Ghewar characteristic of the
Gangaur festival is distributed among friends & relatives.
In Jodhpur
early in the morning thousands of maidens, clad in their best attire, singing
melodious songs, bring water and durba grass in silver or brass pots to a place
known as Girdikot.
In Udaipur the images of Isar & Gauri are taken
in a procession to the Pichola lake there after in a boat for an hour they go
around the lake and the ceremony comes to an end with a display of fireworks on
the banks.
The Girasia tribe eligible boys & girls in Sirohi, Mount
Abu region during Gangaur festival select their life partners & elope with
them. This form of marriage has the sanction of the community.
Gangaur Festival, Jaipur,
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