Mount Abu is a really well-liked hill station nestled in the Aravalli ranges in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, at an approximate elevation of 1,220 meters higher than the sea degree, the optimum remaining ‘Guru Shikhar’ which reaches a top of 1,722 meters.
A leisure place for many, Mount Abu in Rajasthan is almost nothing considerably less than a divine retreat for the folks at Rajasthan and Gujarat, furnishing them abatement from the otherwise severe local weather and scorching desert heat.
At a modest peak, the only hill station in Rajasthan is generally referred to as ‘an oasis in the desert’ and is household to a range of waterfalls, lakes and rivulets, and the complete community is encapsulated by greenery.
Mount Abu is an eclectic combine of experiences quite in contrast to any where else in Rajasthan delivering a stark contrast to the parched state, a lot more than 60% of which is desert.
Arrive the month of May possibly, when the rough summer season beats down on the royal point out of Rajasthan, the only hill station in condition gets soaked in festivity and will come alive. It celebrates a 2 working day extended competition in the month of May perhaps which goes by the identify of Summertime Competition and is held every 12 months, commencing at the day of Buddha Poornima.
Bestowed with steep rocks and pristine lakes, Mount Abu celebrates the Summer time Competition, which is a feast of classical music, folk and Rajasthani heritage and culture, proffering loaded knowledge about the state’s heroic previous and its tribal daily life and overlooked way of living. It really is unquestionably a person of the most well known and vivid festivals in the overall condition.
Organized by Rajasthan Tourism every single year in the Hindu thirty day period of Ashadh, Summer season Festival in Mt. Abu kicks off with soulful ballad songs and tranquilizing people dances of Gair (a Rajasthani folks dance typically executed by the Bhil group), Ghoomar (a folks dance performed by veiled girls of Bhil tribe) and Daph (a people act tracing its origins back to Haryana, executed to exhibit pleasure).
Then starts a common procession commencing at the RTDC Resort Shikhar, the procession then gathers close to the Nakki Lake where the spectators are taken care of to folks music and dance performances of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The second working day provides alongside an array of actions, cultural packages and events, and competitions like horse racing, skating, ‘matka’ races, tug of war, CRPF band display, and the most renowned of all, the boat race at the Nakki Lake. The spotlight of the to start with day, however, is the Shaam-e-Qawwali, showcasing some of the ideal Indian folk and Qawwali singers. It can be a considerably anticipated party, the finish of which is marked by a breathtaking display of glittering fireworks across the hill station, catching the extravagant of every single vacationer.
This yr, the festival will be held on the 9th and 10th day of Might. Go, witness the wonderful harmony of colors and adore and devote a charming family vacation at the hill station of Mount Abu.