A celebration honouring Goddess Parvati, Lord Shiva’s spouse. The heavenly couple Ishar and Gangaur represent marriage love. The event, which is dedicated to the goddess Gauri (Parvati), begins on Holi. When married women pray for their spouses to have long lives, young girls ask for chambers of their choosing. The women make designs on their hands and feet with mehendi (Myrtle Jaste).

Unmarried girls perform songs of ghudlia (earthen pots with multiple holes all around and a lamp lit apart) while carrying the pots on their hands on the evening of the seventh day after -ioli. They collect modest gifts along the road, such as money, candy, jaggery, ghee, and oil. While performing this, the women chant praises to the Goddess.

The celebrations last for 18 days and come to a close when Lord Shiva comes to take his bride home. A spectacular procession carrying the image of Gauri is carried through the streets of the city on a palanquin with elephants, camels, horses, dancers, drummers, and happy children. In Jaipur, a procession called Tripolia forms at the Palace Gate and travels through the streets to Talkatora.

A vast gathering of jaipurites & villagers from nearby areas witness the procession. A sweet dish called Ghewar characteristic of the Gangaur festival is distributed among friends & relatives. In Jodhpur early in the morning thousands of maidens, clad in their best attire, singing melodious songs, bring water and durba grass in silver or brass pots to a place known as Girdikot.