India, with its myriad fairs and festivals, has throughout the time attracted tourists. The fairs and festivals in India at every state in India are celebrated with equal gusto. don't miss the colorful and happening fairs and festivals in Chhattisgarh. Bhagoriya, Mati-tihar, Gobar-boharani, Ramnavmi, Navakhani are important fairs and festivals in Chhattisgarh.
Bhagoriya Festival is an interesting festival where you are officially allowed to elope with your lover. Held a week before Holi, this Hindu festival originated in the Bhils dominated Jhabua district. Bhagoriya Festival is a popular festival among Bhil tribes of the region because it could well mean love, romance and even marriage.
Features :
The devotees worship the god of dance Bahgoradav on this occasion. Men and women celebrate it with ritual dancing to the beat of drums and thalis and the sweet melody of shehnai and bansuri (flutes). The most respected village elder presides over the ceremony and offers sweetmeats to the god. Young men go around applying gulal (red colored powder used to play Holi with) to the girls they like. If a girl reciprocates the sentiment then she too applies gulal in return. That is all the permission a young man needs to marry her. Even the mutual exchange of pan or betel leaf is a declaration of love.
Season : Bhagoriya Festiva is held a week before the Hindu festival of colors, Holi.
How to Reach
By Air : Raipur is only centre to be linked up with an air network. Indian Airline connects the city with Delhi and Nagpur by regular flights.
By Rail : Almost all the state is connected with good railway network internally as well as externally. Raipur and Bilaspur are the major railway stations connected to every part of the country.
By Road : National Highways 6, 43, and 16 connect all the major cities of the state to other parts in the country like Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, and many places in the western India. There is a good internal road network in the state connecting all the major parts with the state capital.
