Gangaur Festival, Jaipur
A festival devoted to Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva. Ishar &
Gangaur are the divine male and female ho embody marital love. Dedicated to
goddess Gauri (Parvati), the festival commences on Holi/ Young girls pray
for rooms of their choice while married women seek a long life for their
husbands. rhe ladies decorate their hands and feet )y drawing designs with
Mehendi (Myrtle Jaste).
On the evening of the 7th day after
-ioli, unmarried girls go around singing songs of ghudlia (earthern pots
with numerous holes all around with a lamp lit aside) carrying the pots on
their hands. )n their way they collect small presents ,f cash, sweets,
jaggery, ghee, oil etc. The women do these while chanting hymns to the
Goddess.
Festivities continue for 18 days culminating with the
arrival of Lord Shiva to escort his bride home. A grand process Ion with the
ideal of Gauri in beautifully decorated gold and silver a palanquin
caparisoned elephants, camels, horses, dances, drummers & joyous
children, goes through the city streets. In Jaipur procession forms at the
Palace Gate known as Tripolia and moves on t
he
city streets on to Talkatora.
A vast gathering of jaipurites &
villagers from nearby areas witness the procession. A sweet dish called
Ghewar characteristic of the Gangaur festival is distributed among friends &
relatives. In Jodhpur early in the morning thousands of maidens, clad in
their best attire, singing melodious songs, bring water and durba grass in
silver or brass pots to a place known as Girdikot.
In Udaipur the
images of Isar & Gauri are taken in a procession to the Pichola lake
there after in a boat for an hour they go around the lake and the ceremony
comes to an end with a display of fireworks on the banks. The Girasia tribe
eligible boys & girls in Sirohi, Mount Abu region during Gangaur
festival select their life partners & elope with them. This form of
marriage has the sanction of the community.
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