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Gangaur Festival Bikaner Rajasthan

1,507 views · Published 8 April 2011 · 1:02 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: Rakesh Sharma Bikaner · 2011 · Travel & Events

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'Gan' represents Lord Shiva and 'Gaur' represents Goddess Gauri or Parvati, His consort. Gauri is considered to be the Goddess of marital happiness and conjugal bliss. Mainly the festival for maidens and ladies, they worship her for good husbands and the welfare, health and long life of their husbands respectively.

Gangaur is celebrated all over Rajasthan. People make images of Isar and Gauri out of clay. Some of them even keep traditional wooden images, which are painted afresh every year by 'matherans' (painters) on the eve of the festival. The ladies paint their hands and feet with 'mehandi' (myrtle paste). Unmarried girls carry 'Ghudlias' (earthen pots with holes all around in which a lamp is lit) on their heads and collect songs and people make offerings to them. This ritual is observed to celebrate the triumph of Rao Santhal, ruler of Jodhpur over the cruel Mir Ghudley Khan, who had carried away 140 young girls celebrating the festival of Gangaur, in 1548 AD. The burning lamp symbolizes maharaja's valor and chivalry.
There is a huge procession taken out of Goddess Gauri taken out by the ladies and maidens, dressed in their best attire and singing songs of the departure of Gauri to her husband's house.
There is uniqueness to the festival in different places. In Bikaner, married women and maidens observe fast and prepare sweet dishes for the festival.

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