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Udaipur (March-April)
A Mewar Festival to welcome the spring season
in Indian Summer Festival, There is
song, dance, processions, devotional music and
fireworks where almost everybody participates. The
whole city turns out to mark the culmination of
the 18 day festival with a procession of floats on Pichhola lack.
Mewar Festival
The Mewar Festival is celebrated to welcome the
advent of Indian Summer Festival. It coincides with the festival
of Gangaur in Udaipur
and has a unique charm about
it. The festival of
Gangaur is very significant
for women of Rajasthan. It is a time for them to
dress up in their best clothes and participate in
the festival.
Activities
They gather to dress the images of Isar and
Gangaur and then carry them in a ceremonial
procession through different parts of the city.
The procession winds its way to the Gangaur Ghat
at
Lake Pichhola. Here, the images are transferred
to special boats amidst much singing and
festivity.
Once the religious part of the festival is over,
it is time for cultural events where
Rajasthani
culture is portrayed through songs, dances and
other programmes. The festival culminates with an
impressive fireworks display. Like other
fairs and
festivals celebrated throughout the state, there
is a lot of activity, which keeps the participants
in a joyful frame of mind, eager to enjoy every
moment.
History
Udaipur is the jewel of Mewar kingdom ruled by the
Sisodia dynasty for 1200 Years. The foundation of
the city has an interesting legend associated with
it. According to it, Maharana
 Udai
Singh, the founder, was hunting one day when he
met a holy man meditations on a hill overlooking
the Lake Pichhola.The hermit blessed the Maharana
and advised him to build a palace at this
favorable located spot with a fertile valley
watered by the stream, a lake, an agreeable
altitude and an amphitheater of low mountains.
Maharana followed the advise of the hermit and
founded the city in 1559 A.D.
Places to see
Udaipur is famous for City Palaces,
Saheliyon-ki-Bari, The Suraj Gokhada, Pratap
Memorial and many more.
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