Cultural
holiday
Enriched with hues of blue-gold, Jodhpur presents a
cultural panorama that enamors you with its attractions
that radiate the glory of local customs and age-old
traditions.
Rao Jodha established royal Jodhpur in the middle of
a waterless land that was known as "Marusthal"
or "the land of death." Rao Jodha, a Rathore
Rajput from Kannauj built this imperial city that glows
with architectural grandeur.
Jodhpur enchants you with its heart-warming cultural
customs steeped in desert color and rituals that in
combination with jewel like architecture offer you glorious
cultural holidays.
Listen to heart wrenching tales of legendary love escapades;
feel the divine spirit as women sing bani's or religious
songs; watch young Kalbeliya performers sway in perfect
rhythm to folk music played with gusto and delve deep
into the cultural abyss of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
with Indian Horizons.
Cultural holidays in Jodhpur show you a grand land
with a royal past. Tour a local village and watch with
awe as women balance earthen pots on their heads and
carry water from wells to their homes, see the bright
frescoes of animal and bird figures that adorn the walls
of the mud thatched huts.
Participate in Marwar festivities and visit a royal
wedding in Jodhpur. Be charmed at customs like anointing
ones forehead with vermilion and showering flowers on
a guest and more on your cultural holidays in Jodhpur
with Indian Horizons.
Royal Wedding in Jodhpur
Visit a dream royal wedding in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
and enjoy a special cultural experience with the Mehrangarh
Fort looming in the backdrop.
The land of the Rathores, Jodhpur glows with regal
traditions of lavish weddings and ethnic customs. Royal
wedding preparations in Jodhpur begin much in advance
of the main ceremony.
The "Tilak ceremony" is considered to be an
important event that is organized a few days before
the wedding that is followed by the "Pili Chitthi
ceremony" that is considered to be a royal seal
that confirms the wedding.
The Pili Chitti is an ornate letter with a picture
of Lord Ganesha that is dabbed with kumkum and turmeric.
The "Mandap Aarohan" is integral to a Jodhpur
royal wedding. This ritual begins a week before the
wedding and the brides' male relatives join hands to
erect a large canopied ornate mandap where the actual
wedding rites are performed.
The other Jodhpur royal wedding ceremonies that are
of equal importance are the "haldi ceremony,"
"Maira ceremony," "mehendi" and
"padla" ceremonies.
On the main wedding day a local priest chants Vedic
incantations as the bride and bridegroom walk around
the sacred fire seven times.
A royal wedding in Jodhpur is a lavish affair that
exudes opulence and regalia. So come and see a real
royal wedding in Jodhpur during your cultural holidays
to Rajasthan with Indian Horizons.
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