Rajasthan

Rajasthan Fairs & Festivals

Rajasthan is a land of Fairs and Festivals. There are many exotic Rajasthan Fairs and Festivals that will enchant you with their vibrancy and colorful celebrations. Travel to Rajasthan and see it at its colorful best at Rajasthan Fairs and Festivals with India Rajasthan Tours. The most popular Rajasthan Fairs and Festivals are:

Rajasthan Fairs & Festival Calendar 2010-2015.

Sr no	Fairs & Festivals	Place	Vikaram Samwat	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
1.	Camel Festival	Bikaner	Paush-Shukla, (14-15)	30-31 Dec.2009	18-19 Jan.	8-9 Jan.	26-27 Jan.	15-16 Jan.	4-5 Jan.
2.	Nagaur Fair(Ramdeoji Cattle Fair)	Nagaur	Magh-S, (7-10)	22-25 Jan.	10-13 Feb.	30Jan.-2 Feb	17-20 Feb	6-9 Feb.	26-29 Jan.
3.	Desert Festival	Jaisalmer	Magh-S, (13-15)	28-30 Jan.	16-18 Feb.	5-7 Feb.	23-25 Feb.	12-14 Feb.	1-3 Feb.
4.	Beneshwar Fair	Beneshwar(Dungarpur)	Magh-S, (11-15)	26-30 Jan.	14-18 Feb.	3-7 Feb.	21-25 Feb.	10-14 Feb.	30 Jan-3 Feb.
5.	Braj Festival	Bharatpur	Phalgun-S(11-13)	2-4 Feb.	2-4 Feb.	2-4 Feb.	2-4 Feb.	2-4 Feb.	2-4 Feb.
6.	Elephant Festival	Jaipur	Phalgun-S 15	28 Feb.	19 Mar.	7 Mar.	26 Mar.	16 Mar.	5 Mar.
7.	Kailadevi Fair	Karauli	Chaitra-K(12)	12 Mar.	31 Mar.	19 Mar.	7 Apr.	28 Mar.	17 Mar.
8.	Gangaur Festival	Jaipur	Chaitra-S(3-4)	18-19 Mar.	6-7 Apr.	25-26 Mar.	13-14 Apr.	2-3 Apr.	22-23 Mar.
9.	Mewar Festival	Udaipur	Chaitra-S(3-5)	18-20 Mar.	6-8 Apr.	25-27 Mar.	13-15 Apr.	2-4 Apr.	22-24 Mar.
10	Mahaveerji Fair	Mahaveerji	Chaitra-S(9-15)	24-30 Mar.	12-18 Apr.	1-6 Apr.	20-25 Apr.	8-15 Apr.	28 M.-4 Apr.
11	Summer Festival	Mount Abu	Vaishakha(13-Budh Purnima)	26-28 May	15-17 May	4-6 May	23-25 May	12-14 May	2-4 May
12	Teej Festival	Jaipur	Shravan-S(3-4)	12-13 Aug.	2-3 Aug.	9-10 Aug.	30-31 July	30-31 July	17-18 Aug.
13	Kajli Teej	Bundi	Bhadra-K(2-3)	26-27 Aug.	15-16 Aug.	4 Aug.	22-23 Aug.	12-13 Aug.	31 A.- 1 Sept.
14	Dussehra Festival	Kota	Asvinan-S(8-10)	15-17 Oct.	4-6 Oct.	22-24 Oct.	12-14 Oct.	1-3 Oct.	21-22 Oct.
15	Matasya Festival	Alwar	Asvinan-S(8-9)	15-16 Sept.	4-5 Oct.	22-23 Oct.	12-13 Oct.	2-3 Oct.	21-22 Oct.
16	Marwar Festival	Jodhpur	Asvinan-S(14-15)	21-22 Oct.	10-11 Oct.	28-29 Oct.	17-18 Oct.	7-8 Oct.	26-27 Oct.
17	Pushkar Fair	Pushkar(Ajmer)	Kartik-S(7-15)	13-21 Nov.	2-10 Nov.	20-28 Nov.	9-17 Nov.	30 Oct.- 6 Nov.	18-25 Nov.
18	Chandrabhaga Fair	Jhalawad	Kartik-S 14 Magh-K-1	20-22 Nov.	9-11 Nov.	27-29 Nov.	16-18 Nov.	5-7 Nov.	24-26 Nov.
19	Winter Festival	Mount Abu	Pausha	29-31 Dec.	29-31 Dec.	29-31 Dec.	29-31 Dec.	29-31 Dec.	29-31 Dec.

 

The festival is particularly conspicuous by its frenzied passion in Jaipur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. During the festival a spectacular boat race is held in the picturesque Lake Pichola. Women are seen carrying brass bowls on their head as they march along the streets. The Gangaur festival is particularly significant to the tribal village folks of Rajasthan. In the countryside, the village folks take out colorful processions that wend their way from village to village. The festival provides the men and women of Rajasthan's countryside to choose their life partners as they are provided with the opportunity to intermingle without any taboos whatsoever.read more...

Pushkar Fair :-

  Every year on the occasion of Karthik Purnima, a fabulous 10 days fair - "Pushkar Fair" is held in the enchanting desert town of Pushkar in Rajasthan India.Every year on the occasion of Karthik Purnima, a fabulous 10 days fair - "Pushkar Fair" is held in the enchanting desert town of Pushkar. The fair is organized by the Government of Rajasthan and attracts the owners of camels, horses, cows, goats and sheep who come with their herds for trading.

  Apart from trading in animals, particularly camels, the Pushkar Fair is also an occasion for celebration for the thousands of men, women and children who come from all the nooks and corners of Rajasthan to have a jolly good time. Men are conspicuous by their colorful turbans while the women folks are dressed to kill with their colorful ankle-length skirts and bejeweled from head to toe with traditional Rajasthani necklaces, waist bands, anklets and exotic ivory bangles.

The riot of colors is in sharp contrast to the desolate desert landscape. During the Pushkar Fair, the city of Pushkar becomes an open-air amphitheatre show casing the age-old culture and tradition of the simple village folks and the nomadic tribes of Rajasthan.The first five days are exclusively meant for animal trading. The negotiations between the buyer and seller is a fascinating sight, whereby the seller rather skillfully enumerates the merits and intrinsic worth of the camel in question. With the passage of time as the pace of trading slows down, and its time for celebration with the quintessential Camel Race being the piece de resistance. For the first time visitor, Pushkar Fair is like a fairy tale spectacle and the manner in which the camels are dressed up with colorful saddles, beads and cowries, it seems that in Rajasthan the Camels are style conscious. Prior to the camel race they are geared in all their finery and to make a fashion statement they are even applied with aromatic sweet scented perfumes.

As the D-day dawns (Karthik Poornima), there is a mad scramble at the bathing ghats for the ritual bathing in the holy waters of Lake Pushkar which is believed to cleanse oneself of all the sins. The waters of Lake Pushkar are also believed to rid the bather of skin ailments. Bathing over, its time for offering prayers and paying obeisance to the one and only - Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe.

                    In the evening as dusk descends on Pushkar, thousands of butter lamps are lighted atop delicate leaf boats, which are released in the tranquil waters of Lake Pushkar. The sight of thousands of flickering butter lamps makes for a truly ethereal sight and with it ends one of the world's most fascinating desert festivals. As one wakes up early in the morning to the tinkle of the temple bells, hundreds of camels are seen marching along with their newfound masters to their new abode.read more...

The city of Bikaner is an exercise in architecture. If ever beauty has bloomed in a desert, it has been at Bikaner. Bikaner rises from the desert like a mirage, a complex town of sandstone colored turrets, cupolas, arched windows, balconies and stone screen work in a delicate lattice style. Just beyond the town lie sand dunes, vast endless stretches of an arid desert, made to bloom wherever there is water.

 One gapes in awe at the annual Camel Festival which is held every year in the month of January. The festival is organized by the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan and attracts thousands of tourists who take part in the festival in a spirit of joi-de-vivre.

 Although it is an exclusive Camel Festival, traditional Rajasthani folk dance and music add to the charm of this enchanting festival including of course the enthralling Fire Dance.

 The festival provides tourists with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of the most elegant camels who charm them by their graceful strides and swaying gently on the yielding sands, literally duplicating the motion of a sea liner.

 The festival is held in open sandy land and needless to say, there is no dearth of that in Bikaner. The festival starts in the right earnest with an elegant Camel Parade wherein the camels are decorated in all their finery. There are a variety of contests like the best-dressed camel, the camel with the best haircut to name just a few. One can also experience the fine art of camel milking. One of the unique feature of the Camel Festival is that guests are served with authentic desert sweets made out of the purest of camel milk.

 The evenings are a riot of colors and visitors are entertained by distinguished folk musicians and dancers of Bikaner. The festival culminates with a spectacular fire work display which lights up the city of Bikaner.