Last updated: October 2026 · Method: built from published site information and recurring traveller reports; figures approximate, verify on site.
📄 Image slot — a festival procession with decorated palanquins moving through old lanes.
During Gangaur and the Mewar festival, the goddess images leave the City Palace and circle the old city, and the route decides where you should stand.
The route and the viewing
- The pattern: the procession moves from the palace through the old-city bazaar lanes toward the Gangaur Ghat area on Pichola, returning by a parallel lane, the exact streets shift slightly year to year.
- Best stands: the ghat steps for the water arrival, and the raised lane corners for s at eye level; the bazaar balconies belong to residents.
- Crowd logic: arrive an hour early, carry little, and expect the old city to close to vehicles, the transport guide predicts the walk.
Etiquette: this is worship first, photograph the pageantry, not the devotees’ faces.