Guidelet: Colourful Festivals of Jaipur
A travel guide to Jaipur, Rajasthan, India | Target Market: Culture Buffs | A travel guide by:
Jaipur is immensely famous for the numerous fairs and festivals. People rejoice various festivals all through the year along with the exciting and alluring fairs. The lively colours and the means of merriment during these festivals bind the people with harmony and peace.
Summary of points of interest in this travel guide to Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Elephant Festival
Why visit:
The Elephant Festival is an annual event held every year at Jaipur around February or March. Elephants are washed, painted and groomed in all finery for the elephant festival. They are painted with traditional Indian motifs with gold embroidered velvet rugs on their backs along with silver and gold plated Howdahs. Their feet are decorated with large anklets decked with bells. Elephants have always held an important place in the Indian society, Lord Ganesha, the Hindu God with the head of an elephant is regarded as the master of all ceremonies and happy beginnings.a option
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Jaipur Vintage Car Rally
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India’s pink city, Jaipur, hosts the vintage car rally show in the month of January. The most popular vintage cars are showcased at the rally, which include the Humber of 1903, the Fiat 501 of the year 1923, the Mercedes Benz 170V of 1936, the Morris 8 of 1938, the 1923 Austin and the Erskine of 1923. Since some of the aristocratic families have still kept their vintage cars in their garages, the turnout too is impressive, with some cars dating back to the very early years of the turn of the century.a option
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Jaipur Literary Festival
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Jaipur Literature festival is the largest free literary festival in the world. It is the most prestigious national and international literature event held in the country. Every January, it brings together some of the greatest thinkers and writers from across South Asia and the world. Nobel laureates to local language writers, Man Booker prize winners to debut novelists, a dazzling collection of authors come together for five days of readings, debates and discussions at the beautiful Diggi Palace.a day,free,check site first option
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Teej Festival
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Teej is one of the most widely celebrated festivals of Rajasthan. Women perform traditional folk dance, dress in special green colored clothes and sing beautiful Teej songs. It is also known as swings festival as women sway on swings decorated with flowers, make merry and sing songs. On Teej celebration, women also apply henna on hands and feet.a day,night,free,check site first option
at Diggi Palace
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Kite Festival
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This festival is celebrated on 14th of January every year and the celebration continues for three consecutive days. The colorful kites like indigo, ochre, red, blue, yellow, green, fushcia, indigo, ochre, pink, orange make the sky of Jaipur look really dazzling. People enjoy sugary delights made of sesame seeds i.e. Til Ke Laddu, Gajak (famous Jaipur's Sesame Brittle), and Feeni (famous Jaipur sweet made of fibres).a day,free,check site first option
at Diggi Palace
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