Another festival dedicated to the worship of Shiva and Parvati, this time it is married women who pray for a long, hapl marital life during the monsoon months of July-August. Though celebrations are held all over thl state, they are particularly colorful in Jaipur where a proces sion wends its way through the heart of the old city. Women dress in their finery and spend time in groups at swings that an specially erected for the festival.