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Gangaur Festival, Jaipur
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 the 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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