Gangaur festival is celebrated with pomp in Maheshwar of Khargone. – Photo: Social Media Expansion 1679671948 Gangaur Mata was enshrined at the houses of Manauti on Friday in Maheshwar of Khargone. People brought the mother home dancing and singing with great enthusiasm. An atmosphere of happiness was seen among the people since morning regarding the Gangaur festival. The festival of Gangaur is celebrated with great pomp and enthusiasm in the city. This festival is famous since the time of Mata Ahilyabai Holkar. Elders say that some handicraft artisans who came from Rajasthan during the reign of Goddess Ahilya Holkar started it in Maheshwar. It was, which has become the pride of Nimar today. The Gangaur festival has a different image of its own in the whole of Nimar. First of all wheat sorghum is sown in the gardens and worship is done daily. In the Gangaur festival, for 9 days, women sing songs by giving Jhalaria to the houses of the people. Prasadi (tamol) of maize and roasted gram is distributed. In many places, women gather as a group and play patti in the garden by becoming bride and groom. In this festival, the devotees who bring the mother invite the husband-wife couple to their home every day by applying Tilak for the worship of the mother, where food and prasadi are fed after the worship and songs. ,