Udaipur Travel Guide

Udaipur Festivals

If you want to add some colors and festivity to your already gay and lively life then a visit to the fairs and festivals of udaipur city is a must do for you. The cheering mood of the natives, their vibrant dress colors and ancestral customs are bound to make your heart swing and make your legs move in rhythm.

Touring to Udaipur fair is very easy due to the innumerable mode of communication, which are easily accessible in terms of money and time. Though there is no scarcity of Indian fairs & festivals in the different regions of India but the Udaipur fairs & festivals has its unequalled individuality. Generally Indian fairs are related to religious myths and legends but the shilpgram festival of Udaipur is a non-religious fair of Udaipur. It is a display of the artistic creation of the exquisite handicrafts of the natives. You can get the details of shilpgram festival in our other section.

There is an endless list of fairs and festival that are celebrated in this region ranging from Gangaur festival, teej festival, desert festival etc. But in Udaipur apart from the state-specific festival like Shilpgram or Mewar festival some of the all-India famous festivals are celebrated over here like the Holi, Shriji's birthday or the universal New Year's Eve.

Holi, the festival of colors, is celebrated In Udaipur in the month of March with a innumerable vibrant colored powder. You can see the calm blue colored sky transforming into a multicolored layer during this festival of Udaipur. Also you can enjoy the colorful procession of royal dignitaries in their conventional costumes in the City Palace. The evening in the City Palace becomes more enchanting with the traditional fire being lit up and people dancing and rejoicing around it.

Shriji's birthday celebration takes place on 13th of December, which is one of the ideal time to discover the charms of ancestral Udaipur. In this ceremony the birthday of Maharana (King) of Udaipur is being Udaipur is celebrated. Not only the royal dignitaries takes part in it but friends and admirers from all-over the country tour during this season to participate in it. All the royal people of different places dress in traditional costumes as a tribute to the Maharana.

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