Mewar Festival

Covered In This Section : Overview, Historical Background, Activities, Where to Reach

Festival Overview
Mewar, like Gangaur festival, is a widely celebrated one in the state of Rajasthan. The festival is celebrated to welcome the prosperity brought by the spring. Celebrations are similar to that of Gangaur. The popular deities are worshipped and offerings are made. This festival, more popularly is celebrated with much fanfare in Udaipur. Mewar festival holds a special significance for the local folk and as such bears an active participation of the entire community.

Historical Background
The Mewar kingdom is the essence of Rajasthan state. For more than thousand years Sisodia rulers have been dominating the region. Maharana Udai Singh founded this popular city. From time immemorial people here have been observing the traditional values and culture. Amongst many things, Mewar festival has been one occasion to cherish the popular values. The festival as such is more like performing a cultural role.

Festival Activities
Come Mewar and the city throngs with colorful dresses and enchanting music. The festival like Gangaur is one special occasion for women. Most of the activities are carried out by women. There are processions followed by a great party, dancing and singing. Images of Isar and Ganguar are carried out at many places in the city. These processions head for Lake Pichola and the images are carried in the boats over Lake Pichola. The cultural performances are held throughout the region. These performances include traditional dances and music performances.
Where to Reach
In Udaipur city the celebrations of Mewar festival are grand. In order to get to know the best about the festival and catch all the action it is suggested to travel to this city only. On the day of the festival Lake Pichola is a hot destination with a lot of events happening there. The city, that is Udaipur is well connected with other cities and travel is not a big issue.

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