Saturday, September 11, 2010

Sheetala Ashtmi

The tangy flavour of Fairs and Festivals in Rajasthan has their own charm. These fairs and festivals proves best opportunity for the guests to peep into and understand the cultural and traditional aspects of the land of royal figures more closely.

One of the small and grand festivals is the Sheetala Ashtami festival. Fair is also held at number of places in Rajasthan. The Sheetala Mata fair at a small hamlet Chaksu, Jaipur and Kaga, Jodhpur with great passion and zeal.

Sheetala Ashtami is celebrated during the spring season in the month of March after seven days of holi.

It is a common belief among all the people that worshipping Sheetla mata on Sheetla Ashtmi would prevent them from the deadly outbreak of diseases.

Sheetala Mata is commonly called the goddess of small pox. The huge excitement and gusto of celebration of the festival is worth watching.

The local market is the hub to display and trade a lot of items like indigenous shoes, food items, agricultural implements during the fair at the Sheeta [...]

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