The Holi Festival takes place a few days before Holi, the festival of colours. Held in honour of Lord Krishna, this festival is marked by verve and zest. Villagers, in gay, multihued attire, can be seen singing and performing the Raslila dance-the immortal love-story of Radha and Krishna. All of Bharatpur comes alive to the sound of folk melodies on this festival held on the eve of Holi.

Men and women, young and old, rich and poor-all are touched by the spirit of this festival. Boisterous revellers spare no one during this festival and delight in splashing colour on everyone around.

A grand celebration of the advent of spring, the Holi Festival succeeds in breaking across all barriers of class and wealth. In fact, you can see everyone enjoying and celebrating life without any inhibition. The whole of Bharatpur resounds with music and celebration during Brij and at many places you will be able to enjoy Raslila Dances depicting the immortal love story of Lord Krishna and Radha.

Since color plays a very important role in holi, the people of Bharatpur just leap at the opportunity of having a pre holi celebration. They go around smearing others with colors and music and dancing becomes the order of the day. If you want to witness this unique celebration of life, be sure to visit Bharatpur during the Holi Festival and have the time of your life. Next year (2006), the Brij Festival is being held from 10-12 March.

The festival of colours begins with the advancement of well decorated elephants, camels and horses, marching through the lanes of Jaipur to the old stadium of Jaipur, Chaugan. Various exciting events are organised like elephant races, elephant polo matches and an interesting elephants vs. men tug of war contest. It offers an excellent opportunity to see and observe elephants at their best. A contest for the 'best decorated elephant' is also organised and the Mahavats or the owner of the elephants are awarded with the prize. Other attraction of the Elephant Festival Jaipur is the inclusion of colourful cultural programs of folk dances and music, offering lively entertainment to visitors. At the end a brilliant display of fireworks fills the atmosphere with sound and light.

The elephant festival gets underway in the month of Phalgun (March) on the eve of Holi, the festival of colours. The festival begins with a procession of elephants, camels, horses and folk dancers.

Teej is one of the most important festivals celebrated in Rajasthan. After the scorching heat of summer months, Teej welcomes the monsoon showers in Rajasthan. Teej is celebrated in the month of July-August and is an important festival of the womenfolk of Rajasthan. The festival marks the onset of festive season in Rajasthan. Teej is celebrated with all the gusto and fervour in Jaipur. If you are in Jaipur during Teej festival, you can see young girls and married women dressed in their best clothes. Teej is primarily women's festival and women pray to Goddess Paravati during this festival. There is a mythical legend attached to Teej festival and it is believed that after years of penance, Goddess Parvati was united with Lord Shiva on Teej. On the day of Teej festival, married women pray for the well being of their husbands and martial bliss.