Rajasthan: It is a largest state of this Incredible India and its food is the 8th largest state in terms of economy in India with an annual growth of 7.3%. In Rajasthan almost 19 million hectares of land for cultivation but desert covered just 20% of this land. Rajasthan known for its colorful culture, rich heritage, innumerable forts , architecture, exciting desert safaris, heritage properties, adventure sports, tribal life, wild-life, fair & festivals, music & dance, cuisine, peoples, religion, handicrafts and luxury train “Palace on wheel”, sand. It is known all around the world for its captivating blend of royal and fantastic culture and incredible heritage monuments. Some popular attractions of its culture are such as Teej festival in Jaipur, Pushkar Fair, colorful art and painting, rich folk culture, excellent textiles, temples, food. Adventures sport, Rajasthani Jute and Rajasthani wooden furniture.

Teej Festival in Jaipur: It is one of the widely celebrated and largest participated festivals of Rajasthan where local as well as international visitors come and enjoy this unique festival and dedicated to Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati. It is celebrated by only married women and girls at every year during the monsoon season between june in Udaipur. There are 3 types of Teej festival in India like Hariyali Teej, kajli Teej and Hartalika Teej. There are thousands of visitors, artist, dancers come here to enjoy this festival.

Jaipur Elephant Festival: It is one of the most popular festivals which are celebrated with great enthusiasm, numerous culture events such as classical music, great contest of elephants, folk dance etc. In this festival variety of amazing handicrafts are available such as miniature paintings, quilts, leather crafts, kota duri saris, precious and semi-precious stones, embroidered juttis, silver jewelry, tie and dye fabric, etc.

Rajasthani Jootis and Wooden Furniture: It shows the culture of Incredible India. Rajasthani Jooty is a very important part of Indian classical dresses and handicraft of this state. It is initiated from Jodhpur and Jaipur. Rajasthani Wooden Furniture is one of the best art and lattice work of Rajasthan. You can buy these wooden handicrafts from Kishanganj and Jodhpur.

Pushkar Fair: Pushkar fair is well known pilgrimage, largest participated visitor’s attraction of India and it is an integral part of the state of Rajasthan and it is famous for its four hundreds temples and among all these the most popular one is the great lord Brahma Temple. It is a holy place for Hindus. This is also the biggest camel fair in India. It offers to know about the real life of Rajasthan and its civilization where tourists from across the world come and participates. The Pushkar Fair Rajasthan is took place in the Hindu month of Kartik that is October or November. In this fair there are many culture activity are performed like folk dance and folk song, Cattle trading, and puppet show.

These are the some well known fair and festival of Rajasthan which is celebrated every year. It reflects the truly civilization and culture of Rajasthan. To get the real flavor of age old traditions and cultures come to Rajasthan.

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