GK
INDIAS HERITAGE
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Question
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Where is Desert festival held in Rajasthan?
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Mt. Abu
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Jaisalmer
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Bharatpur
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Udaipur
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The festival is celebrated amidst the beautiful dunes of the Thar Desert in the Sam dunes (42 kilometers from Jaisalmer).
Detailed explanation-2: -The history and reasons behind the celebaration of the desert festival in Jaisalmer is interesting. The festival is celebrated to mark and honour Lord Krishna’s prediction of how a successor from the Yadav community will set up his kingdom on the Trikuta hill.
Detailed explanation-3: -The four-day ‘Desert Festival’, locally called Maru Mahotsav’, is set to commence tomorrow, February 2, at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
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