{"id":36752,"date":"2016-11-17T05:32:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T04:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magikindia.com\/?p=36752"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T11:25:17","slug":"udaipur-lake-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magikindia.com\/en\/udaipur-lake-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Udaipur Lake Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twice a year,\u00a0the romantic town of Udaipur celebrates its lakes with a three-day Lake Festival highlighting the natural and architectural assets of the royal city. Floating markets and stimulating concerts are part of the festivities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The festival begins auspiciously when the ‘Srinathji boat’ pulls in to Gangaur Ghat on Lake Pichola. There, officials perform a religious ceremony in honour of Srinathji, one of the forms of the Hindu god Vishnu, whose portrait sits enthroned in the boat.<\/p>\n

\"lake-festival4\"The boats of the floating market have arrived a few hours earlier and are already displaying their wares, ranging from fruit and vegetables to craft objects and Ayurvedic medicines.<\/p>\n

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In the afternoon the festival moves to the banks of Lake Fateh Sagar, about 5km from the town centre, for kayak polo matches and dragon-boat contests. Competing teams come from all over India.<\/p>\n

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In the evening, the crowds of Indians and foreigners gathered around Lake Fateh Sagar groove to the music wafting from a stage floating on the lake.<\/p>\n

On the last day the floating markets are still there at Gangaur Ghat. The Srinathji boat lights up when night falls and a film about the Mewar hero, the Maharana Pratap Singh, is screened to close the proceedings \u2013 until next year.<\/p>\n