page_title: Gangaur
section_title: Gangaur at Jaipur
hierarchical_section_title: Gangaur / Gangaur at Jaipur
caption_attribution_description: English: Gauri's procession commencing from the Zanani-Deodhi of the City Palace
context_page_description: Gangaur is a festival celebrated in the Indian state of Rajasthan and some parts of Gujarat Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
  Gangaur is colourful and one of the most important festivals of people of Rajasthan and is observed throughout the state with great fervour and devotion by womenfolk who worship Gauri, the wife of Lord Shiva during March–April. It is the celebration of spring, harvest, marital fidelity and child bearing.
  Gana is a synonym for Lord Shiva and Gaur which stands for Gauri or Parvati who symbolizes Saubhagya. The unmarried women worship her for being blessed with a good husband, while married women do so for the welfare, health and long life of their husbands and for a happy married life. People from Rajasthan when migrated to Kolkata in West Bengal started celebrating Gangaur. This celebration is now more than 100 years old in Kolkata. The 2018 date for the festival is March 20.
context_section_description: The Gangaur of Jaipur is famous in all over the world. In Jaipur, a sweet dish called a ghewar is characteristic of the Gangaur festival. People buy ghewar to eat and distribute it among their friends and relatives. A procession, with the image of Gauri, commences from the Zanani-Deodhi of the City Palace. It then passes through Tripolia Bazaar, Chhoti Chaupar, Gangauri Bazaar, Chaugan stadium and finally converge near the Talkatora. People from all walks of life come to witness the procession.
caption: Gauri's procession commencing from the Zanani-Deodhi of the City Palace
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