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GANGAUR FESTIVAL Gangaur is a festival celebrated by Rajasthani's. It is celebrated by unmarried girls who pray for future marital bliss.A good century and a quarter back, in 1889, during the Custodianship of Maharana Fateh Singh, a group of people called for a social fair on Sheetla Saptami and Ashtami (Hindu Calendar). Since then, every year, the festival of Kachi Gangaur is celebrated with immense devotion in the city of lakes.

Prayers are offered to Goddess Gauri and Lord Siva ( Gawar and Ishardas). Colours, Mehndi, Tilak, decorations,sweets etc are all added to the joy of celebration.

It is celebrated is the harvest season which mostly falls on the month of March.

It is celebrated for nearly 18 days, where at the last day, girls fast, ask their wish, offer prayers by singing songs The idols of Gauri and Isar are dressed in new attires and bejeweled with sparkling ornaments especially made for the occasion.

On the day of Gangaur, well dressed women or girls carry the idols over their head. The idols, adorned with shiny clothes and ornaments, are then immersed into the lake after prayers.