GANGAUR

Gangaur is a unique festival, which Rajasthan has the secret. It has its origin in the religious calendar. Gangaur is the local name given to Parvati, the wife of Shiva. For 16 days, women celebrate marital happiness. Single women pray to the goddess to grant them a good husband, while married women thank her for their marital bliss. Women dress in red (the color of marriage), wear their best jewelry and smear their feet and hands with henna. They parade with an effigy of Parvati.