The dussehra at mysore is a ten-day event marking the victory of good over evil.
The highlight is the procession of ca¬parisoned elephants carrying the image of goddess chamundeshwari through the streets of the city.
In april the karaga festival is celebrat¬ed at the dharmaraya temple in nagar-athapet.
Vasanta habba is the city’s most pre¬ferred artistic revivalist outing of the year. Held in january/february at nrityagram, it lasts from sunset to sunrise.
Kadalekaye parshe is a unique peanut fair held in november by local farmers at the bull temple.
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FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Many of the annual festivals of the go¬mpas take place in winter, which is a rela¬tively idle time for a majority of the people. These take the form of dance-dramas in the gompa courtyards. Lamas, attired in colour¬ful robes and wearing masks, perform mimes symbolising various aspects of the religion such as the progress of the individual soul and its purification or the triumph of good over evil. Local people flock from near and far to these events.The biggest and most famous of the
monastic festivals is that of Hemis, which falls in late June or early July, and
Fairs and Festivals: Ahmedabad
Trineteshwer Mahadev Fair, Tan (23-24 Aug. 2001): like Pushkar in Rajasl han, Tarnetar is an ethnic fair which has i traded the attention of tourists. Believed B be the site of Draupadi’s Swayamvara, v Arjuna, disguised as a Brahmin, wonh hand in an archery contest, Tarnetar is it I portant due to its location by a holy river ami I is said to be the ancient route of the Ganga,
Fairs and Festivals in Delhi
Delhi, being a metropolitan city, is a melting pot of cultures, traditions and festivals of the country. In fact, all major Indian festivals are celebrated here by different communities, though on a smaller scale than in the state of origin. For example, the Rath Yatra of Puri is enacted here at the same time that the mega-event takes place in Orissa.
Kite-Flying Festival: Held on Makar Sankranti day (January) on the green lawns above Palika Bazar, Connaught Place, this colourful extravaganza attracts national as well as inter¬national participants.
Garden Tourism Festival: Held at the Talkatora Garden in February
Hessaraghatta: Bangalore (26.5 km from bangalore on tumkur road): here is an artifical lake covering 1,124 acres, and a boat club. The indo-danish dairy project and government horticultural and dairy farms are interesting places to visit.
Kota Festivals
Kartik Fair/Chandrabhaga Fair: A cattle fair which takes place at Chandrabhaga rear Jhalarapatan. On Kartik Purnima day dev¬otees throng this place and take a dip in the riv¬er. Three-day folk cultural programmes and group 'Deepdan' are worth seeing.
Dates of Chandrabhaga Fair 2001: 29 Nov.-l Dec, 2002:18-20 Nov.
Gangaur (March/April): Primarily a festival for women, Gangaur is held in ho¬nour of Goddess Parvati. Women pray for their husbands, unmarried women entreat the goddess for a good groom. Processions ire taken out, women draw water from tells, pick flowers and sing hymns.
Cane baskets, stone images of Jhalarap-atan and hand paintings on
