ELEPHANT FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE MOST HEARTWARMING EVENT OF RAJASTHAN, ELEPHANTS ARE DECORATED WITH COLORFUL JHOOLS (SADDLE CLOTH) & HEAVY JEWELRY AND PRESENTED FOR RACES, SHOWS, & COMPETITIONS. FEMALE ELEPHANTS ARE EVEN MADE TO WEAR ANKLETS.NUMBER OF COMPETITIONS LIKE ELEPHANT RACES, ELEPHANT POLO AND ELEPHANT TUG-OF-WAR (BETWEEN ANIMAL AND MAN IS FUN TO WATCH.

PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR IS TREATED AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANNUAL CAMEL AND LIVESTOCK TRADING FAIR IN THE WORLD. THE PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR TAKES PLACE IN THE TOWN OF PUSHKAR, A BEAUTIFUL TOWN IN RAJASTHAN. YOU CAN ENJOY INTERESTING EVENTS LIKE CAMEL RACE, CAMEL BEAUTY CONTEST, PUPPET SHOWS, CAMEL TRADING, MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCES.IN THE MORNING THE GROUND TURNS TO BE A TRADING CENTER AND BY THE EVENING PEOPLE JOIN TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE WITH MUSIC AND DANCE. THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO BUY CAMEL SOUVENIRS LIKE CAMEL LEATHER ARTICLES, CAMEL HAIR ACCESSORIES AND OTHERS. YOU CAN ENJOY MANY LOCAL DELICACIES DURING THIS FAIR. THE FAIR INCLUDES TURBAN TYING CONTESTS, MOUSTACHE CONTESTS, AND MANY MORE. BEAUTIFUL VIBRANT COLOURS ARE A COMMON SIGHT AT THE FAIR, HOP ON A HOT AIR BALLOON TO CATCH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE FAIR

INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT FESTIVALS OF RAJASTHAN, THIS FAMOUS FESTIVAL OF RAJASTHAN TAKES PLACE IN JAIPUR AND JODHPUR.YOU CANNOT HELP BUT FEEL THE EXCITEMENT LINGERING IN THE AIR AS PEOPLE FLY KITES TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF WARMER WINDS AND THE END OF THE CHILLY WINTER SEASON.LOCALS, AS WELL AS TOURISTS, FLY KITES OF VARIOUS SHAPES & COLOURS AND RELISH LOCAL DELICACIES AND SWEETS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE. THE INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED AROUND MAKAR SANKRANTI EVERY YEAR.

TEEJ FESTIVAL IN RAJASTHAN IS AN IMPORTANT EVE & ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FESTIVALS OF RAJASTHAN, TEEJ IS CELEBRATED WITH ABSOLUTE GRANDEUR, TRADITIONAL SONGS & DANCE, FAIR, AND WORSHIP OF GODDESS TEEJ. THERE IS A GRAND PROCESSION IN WHICH THE GOLDEN PALANQUIN OF GODDESS TEEJ IS TAKEN ACROSS THE CITY WITH DECORATED ELEPHANTS, HORSES, & CAMELS. UNDOUBTEDLY,

DESERT FESTIVAL IS A THREE DAY ACTION-PACKED DISPLAY OF LIFE AND CULTURE OF RAJASTHAN IN A LARGE ASPECT. ITS UNIQUE AND EXOTIC CAEL RACES, CAMEL POLO, FOLK MUSIC, SNAKE CHARMERS, TURBAN-TYING CONTESTS, FAMOUS MR. DESERT COMPETITION AND MANY MORE ACTIVITIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUN-BURNT SANDS OF THE THAR DESERT .ALL IN ALL, IT CAN BE INTRIGUING TO BE A SPECTATOR HERE. ITS POPULARITY AMONG LOCALS MAKES IT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FESTIVALS OF RAJASTHAN.

MEWAR FESTIVAL IS A FAMOUS FESTIVAL OF UDAIPUR WHERE IT WELCOME’S SPRING SEASON WITH LOT OF ZEST, IT IS CELEBRATED WITH FOLK MUSIC, DANCE, FOOD, AND FESTIVITIES. COLORFULLY ATTIRED WOMEN TAKE IMAGES & IDOLS OF GODDESS GAURI IN A HUGE PROCESSION WHICH BEGINS FROM CLOCK TOWER AND ENDS AT GAHGAUR GHAT TO LAKE PICHOLA FOR IMMERSION. THIS IS A MEMORABLE & A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO BEHOLD, AS HUNDREDS OF BOATS CARRYING THE IDOLS SAIL GENTLY IN THE LAKE IN A PROCESSION OF BOATS THAT SIGNALS THE COMPLETION OF THE CELEBRATIONS WHICH ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS EVENT. THE PROCESSION IS FOLLOWED BY A NUMBER OF CULTURAL EVENTS, INCLUDING PRESENTATION OF DANCE FORMS SUCH AS GHOOMAR AND KALBELIYA. THE TRADITIONAL SONGS SUNG BY THE LOCAL BARDS WELCOME THE TOURISTS AND CONTINUE TO ENTHRALL THEM DURING THE FESTIVAL. THE 3-DAY LONG MEWAR FESTIVAL IS BROUGHT TO AN END WITH AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS THIS IS THE WORLD’S 2ND LIVING HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FAIRS AND FESTIVALS OF RAJASTHAN.

RAJASTHAN INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL IS A 4-DAY INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL (RIFF) WHICH TAKES PLACE ANNUALLY AT THE MEHRANGARH FORT IN JODHPUR . THE FORT PROVIDES A MAGNIFICENT SETTING & ARRANGEMENTS FOR PERFORMANCES WHICH GIVE A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSIC LOVERS WHO ARRIVE HERE TO LISTEN TO SOULFUL PERFORMANCES.THE FESTIVAL WILL BRING TOGETHER VARIOUS FOLK MUSICIANS AND ARTISTES FROM INDIA AND ALL OVER THE GLOBE. IT WAS STARTED TO ESTABLISH A MEDIUM FOR REVIVING TRADITIONAL RAJASTHANI FOLK MUSIC. IN ADDITION, IT IS ALSO A PLATFORM WHERE GLOBAL MUSIC IS INTERESTINGLY INFUSED WITH RAJASTHANI MUSIC. THE COMBINATION OF INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FOLK MUSIC IN TIE UP WITH AMAZING PERFORMANCES AT THE BEAUTIFUL & MASSIVE “MEHRANGARH FORT” THIS FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE AT THE TIME WHEN THE MOON SHINES IN THE SKY AT ITS BRIGHTEST IN NORTHERN PARTS OF INDIA. IF YOU LOVE MUSIC, YOU ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO LOVE THIS FAMOUS FESTIVAL OF RAJASTHAN.

JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL WHICH IS THE BIGGEST LITERARY FESTIVAL ON EARTH TO COME TOGETHER IN JAIPUR. IT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST FREE LITERARY FESTIVAL. A GREAT PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO SOME OF THE GREATEST AUTHORS AND WRITERS ACROSS THE WORLD AND GIVES ENOUGH SCOPE TO YOUNGER MINDS TO READ,THINK , DREAM AND IMAGINE, THE DIGGI PALACE HOTEL ARE PREPARED AND BRIMMING FOR THE FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE. SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE, CLEVER, SENSITIVE AND BRILLIANT COLLECTION OF AUTHORS FROM INDIA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR FIVE DAYS OF READINGS, DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS AT THE BEAUTIFUL “DIGGI PALACE” OF RAJASTHAN. THE CITY ITSELF SPORTS A MORE VIBRANT HUE DURING THIS FESTIVAL. THE PLEASANT EVENINGS ARE EQUALLY INTERESTING WITH INDIE ACTS AND FOLK MUSICIANS TAKING TAKE THE CENTRE STAGE. IT IS NOT A CHANCE ANYONE SHOULD MISS.

SUMMER FESTIVAL AT MT.ABU IS CELEBRATED TO SHOWCASE THE WARMTH AND CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE BELONGING TO THE ONLY HILL STATION IN RAJASTHAN, BOTH THESE FESTIVALS ARE HELD OVER A PERIOD OF THREE DAYS. STARTING ON THE DAY OF BUDDHA POORNIMA, THE SUMMER FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDES THE SINGING OF BALLADS WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY ENTICING FOLK DANCE STYLES OF GAIR, GHOOMAR AND DAPH, SHAM-E-QAWWALI. THEY ARE MARKED BY PROCESSIONS ALL OVER TOWN, FOLLOWED BY A RANGE OF COMPETITIONS, FOLK DANCE AND MUSIC AND DAZZLING FIREWORKS TO CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF THE TOWN. YOU GET TO SEE PROCESSIONS IN EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF THE TOWN. A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF DIVINE HOSPITALITY, EXOTIC LOCATION & THE CHEERFULNESS THAT THE FESTIVAL BRINGS TO THE STREET CATCHES ATTRACTS A LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS DURING THE FESTIVAL DAYS.

CAMEL FESTIVAL WHICH IS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL HELD IN TRADITIONAL CITY OF BIKANER ALSO KNOWN AS THE CAMEL CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY WHICH ATTRACTS LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. VARIOUS EVENTS LIKE CAMEL PROCESSIONS, CAMEL RACES, TUG-OF-WAR, CAMEL DANCES, AND CAMEL DRESSING COMPETITIONS ETC. THE CAMEL FESTIVAL OFFERS PLENTY OF OPTION FOR SOUVENIR-SHOPPING, PHOTOGRAPHY & A AMAZING SIGHT TO WATCH THE SKIRT-SWIRLING FOLK DANCERS, FIRE DANCERS AND THE DAZZLING FIREWORKS SHOW WHICH LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT SKY OF THIS DESERT CITY.

URS FAIR ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSLIM FAIR IN THE COUNTRY.IT IS A YEARLY CELEBRATION & A FAMOUS FESTIVAL OF RAJASTHAN WHICH IS CELEBRATED FOR SIX-DAY’S .IT IS HELD AT THE POPULAR AJMER SHARIF SHRINE IN RAJASTHAN. FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED IN THE MEMORY OF “KHWAJA MUIN-NDDIN CHISTI” AT DARGAH SHARIF, HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF CHISHTI SUFI ORDER IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. YOU CAN THEN HEAD TO THE KHWAJA GHARIB NAWAZ DARGAH. ON THE EVENING OF THE URS FESTIVAL, MILLIONS OF DEVOTEES FROM ALL COMMUNITIES THRONG THE TOMB AND OFFER CHADAR, GHILAPH,ROSE & JASMINE FLOWERS ARE PLACED ON THE TOMB ALONG WITH PERFUMES AND INCENSE .ATTEND THE FAMOUS QAWALI IN EVENING THAT FILL YOU WITH A SENSE OF SERENITY AND WONDERMENT.

BRIJ HOLI IS ONE OF THE MOST FUN-FILLED AND PLAYFUL FESTIVALS THAT PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO. HOLI IN THE RAJASTHANI CITY OF BHARATPUR IS CELEBRATED WITH A LOT OF VIGOUR AS WELL. LORD KRISHNA IS WORSHIPPED DURING THE TIME OF BRIJ HOLI. BHARATPUR COMES ALIVE WITH VARIOUS CULTURAL FESTIVALS WHICH TAKEDS PLACE DURING BRIJ HOLI CELEBRATIONS. BRIJ HOLI IS WHEN PEOPLE DRESS IN BEAUTIFUL COLOURFUL CLOTHES AND SING SONGS WHILE SPLASHING COLOURS ON EACH OTHER TO CELEBRATE FESTIVAL OF COLOURS CALLED HOLI.