Last updated: October 2026 · Method: festival research from published sources and recurring visitor reports; lunar dates shift yearly — verify the year’s calendar.
Teej and Gangaur are Jaipur’s great women’s festivals — the monsoon swing festival and the spring devotion to Gauri, both dressed in the year’s best bandhani and leheriya, both ending in processions that carry the old city’s goddesses through the streets.
📷 Image slot — the procession’s palanquin passing the pink walls. (generic shot)
The two festivals
| Festival | When | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Teej | Monsoon (Sawan, lunar) | Swings, songs, mehendi, the goddess Teej’s palanquin procession; the ghewar season peaks |
| Gangaur | Spring (Chaitra, lunar; ~March–April) | Eighteen days of devotion to Gauri ending in the grand procession from the City Palace |
Viewing them as a visitor
- The processions are the spectacle — the royal palanquins, caparisoned elephants and folk troupes route through the old city; the gates and Tripolia stretch are the classic viewing lanes (verify the year’s route locally).
- Position by mid-afternoon — the processions run to their own clock; the crowd is part of the event (the crowd-safety basics apply).
- Photograph with permission — the participants are devotees, not performers; the etiquette rule doubles here.
- The markets hum — the sweet houses and bangle lanes run their festival peaks (the bangle lane is glorious then).