The Aranya-Shashthi Festival.
Festivals in the month Āsārh: June-July.
Festivals in the month Sāwan: July-August.
The Tij.
Red garments are worn by all classes on this day, and at Jaipur clothes of this colour are presented by the Raja to all the chiefs. At that court the Tij is kept with more honour than at Udaipur. An image of Parvati on the Tij, richly attired, is borne on a throne by women chanting hymns, attended by the prince and his nobles. On this day, fathers present red garments and stuffs to their daughters.
The Nāgpanchami Festival: Serpent Worship.
Ambrosial fruit of vegetable gold;
which was termed amrita, and rendered them immortal. A drawing, brought by [581] Colonel Coombs, from a sculptured column in a cave temple in the south of India, represents the first pair at the foot of this ambrosial tree, and a serpent entwined among the heavily laden boughs, presenting to them some of the fruit from his mouth. The tempter appears to be at that part of his discourse, when
... his words, replete with guile,
Into her heart too easy entrance won: