ELEPHANT FESTIVAL
The Elephant Festival in Jaipur is amongst the most famous and colorful festivals of Rajasthan. The Elephant Festival is held in Feb-March every year, on the festive and colorful occasion of Holi, the festival of colors. People celebrate Holi by throwing flowers and Abir (colored powder) on each other. The Elephant Festival, Jaipur combines the color of Holi with elephants, when beautifully decorated elephants march in a row on in the lanes of Jaipur, offering an unforgettable sight to spectators.

GANGAUR FESTIVAL

The colorful Gangaur Festival is amongst the most popular and widely celebrated festivals of Rajasthan. The word Gangaur comprises of two words 'Gan' a synonym of Lord Siva and 'Gauri' his consort Parvathi. As its name suggests, the Gangaur festival is celebrated in the honor of Gauri who is regarded as the symbol of virtue and fidelity and a mythological role model for Indian married women. On the occasion, married women worship Gauri for the welfare of their husband, the young girls do it being blessed with a spouse of their choice. The two-week long Gangaur festival commences with the ritual of collecting ashes from the Holika Dahan (on the day following Holi) and burying seeds of wheat and barley in it. Then these seeds are watered every day until the germination takes place. The ritual is performed with the songs praising Isar and Gauri (Shiva and Parvathi) and the carrying of painted water pots on head. Women folks also make clay images of Gauri and Isar.

TEEJ FESTIVAL

Rajasthan, the most colorful and culturally rich state of India, is well known for its colorful and vibrant fairs and festivals. Be it the change of season, a good harvest, or buy and sell of cattle, the people of Rajasthan love to celebrate almost every occasion. Teej is one of the most important festivals celebrated in Rajasthan. Popularly referred as "the festival of swings," Teej Festival marks the advent of the monsoon showers. Swings are hung from trees and the young women folk dressed in green clothes sing heart-touching folk songs to welcome the monsoon showers. The festival of Teej falls in the month of July-August. The festival of Teej is an important festival of the womenfolk of Rajasthan. The Teej Festival is dedicated to the Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva. According to the legend, it is believed that after years of penance, goddess Parvati was united with Lord Shiva on Teej. It's the occasion when thousands of women worship the goddess for conjugal bliss and happiness.

PUSHKAR FESTIVAL
Pushkar is a sacred and picturesque town in Rajasthan, located at about 135 km from Jaipur and 12 km from Ajmer. Pushkar is known for its 400 odd temples and exceptional scenic beauty. The beautiful Pushkar Lake and the Brahma Temple here are very sacred to Hindus. Besides, being an important pilgrimage center, Pushkar is also famous for its annual Pushkar Fair, the largest camel fair in the world. The four-day long Pushkar Fair is held on the auspicious occasion of Karthik Purnima, which normally falls in October-November every year. On this occasion, thousands of devotees throng to the sacred Pushkar Lake to take a dip into it. According to faiths it's believed that a dip in the holy Pushkar Lake considered auspicious at this time.



INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL
The International Kite Festival is one of the most colorful and widely celebrated festivals in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Kite Festival marks the onset of the spring season when colorful flowers starts to blossom everywhere. It's an occasion of cheerful joy, intense excitement and frenzy in Jaipur when thousands of colorful and beautifully painted kites of varying sizes compete with each other to fly higher and higher. On the occasion, kite-flying enthusiasts visit Jaipur from all around the world to participate in the International kite flying contests.

PUSHKAR FAIR
Pushkar is a sacred and picturesque town in Rajasthan, located at about 135 km from Jaipur and 12 km from Ajmer. Pushkar is known for its 400 odd temples and exceptional scenic beauty. The beautiful Pushkar Lake and the Brahma Temple here are very sacred to Hindus. Besides, being an important pilgrimage center, Pushkar is also famous for its annual Pushkar Fair, the largest camel fair in the world. The four-day long Pushkar Fair is held on the auspicious occasion of Karthik Purnima, which normally falls in October-November every year. On this occasion, thousands of devotees throng to the sacred Pushkar Lake to take a dip into it. According to faiths it's believed that a dip in the holy Pushkar Lake considered auspicious at this time. The annual Pushkar Fair is celebrated with great fanfare. Thousands of bejeweled and beautifully decorated camels come in the fair for trading. They are decorated with great care with silver jewelry, bells, bangles and beads. According to estimates over 25,000 camels are traded in the Pushkar Fair every year, making it the largest camel fair in the world.