Indore is the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh.Festivals form an important element of culture. The city of Indore which has seen large scale development over the years and has grown in to a modern one has preserved this prominent element of culture. Among many other major national festivals like Deepawali and Dussera the city of Indore celebrates its important festivals with much fanfare. Festival and fairs serves the occasions where one can have the glimpses of culture of the people, their rituals, ceremonies etc. Anant Chaudas, Rangpanchami and Ahilya Utsav are some of prominent festivals celebrated with great enthusiast in Indore.

The festival of Anant Chaudas is celebrated in the month of September every year. Indore celebrates the festival with great much pomp and show. Though celebration of the festival starts in the morning it is night when the people take out a large procession of huge idols of Lord Ganesha.The festival ends with the immersion of these idols in to local water bodies.

Rangpanchami is another major festival of Indore.It is one of the oldest festivals of Indore.The festival used to be celebrated during the rule of Holkar.For keeping the rich tradition going on and keep the memory of their famed kings alive the people have preserved this cultural heritage by celebrating the festival with great enthusiasm. Rangpanchami in Indore is celebrated after the five days of Holi festival.On the day of festival of Rangpanchami people come out spraying colors on each other.Municipal authority also joins them by spreading colors on streets of the city. Ahilya Utsav is another major event celebrated every year in Indore. The festival is celebrated in the memory of great queen Rani Ahilya Bai Holkar on her death anniversary.

Situated on the banks of Narmada River in Malva region of Madhya Pradesh, the city of Indore does not have a long history. Rao Nandal Chaudhary is considered to be the founder of the city. Chaudhary is the name given to the family in Mughal time. The family has special right during the Mughal Empire. Rao Nandal was once given warm welcome in the Court of Mughal Empire when he visited the Delhi. He was also gifted with two gold studded swords. Rao Nandal also had a good relation with the Raja Sawai Jaisingh of Jaipur. In 1713 the Mughal gave charge to Nizam for controlling the Deccan Plateau which led the revival of struggle between Maratha and Mughal. It also soured the relation between Rao Nandal and Mughal.

 Rao Nandal who has a force of about 2000 soldiers found the place near Indreshwara temple to be safe and he started bringing his people there. He built the fort of Sri Sansthan Baba Ravala to protect the people from the harassment of the Mughal. The city was first named as the Indrapur after the name of Indreshwara temple. It later on came to be known as Indore.

 In 1733 Bajirao Peshava took the region under his control and appointed Malhar Rao Holkar as the Subhedar of the region and thus it marked beginning the reign of Holkars. Thus Indore and the region known as Malva came under the rule of Holkar dynasty under the Maratha Empire. Then it was rule by the successor of Holkar dynasty Ahilyabai Holkar from 1767 to 1795. She ruled the region from a palace-fort of Maheshwar. She was defeated by the British in third Anglo-Maratha war and thereafter the region came under the control of British. British continued to rule the city of Indore till Agu-1947 when India got the freedom from the British rule. After the independence of India Indore and other princely states became the parts of Madhya Bharat state. In 1956 the Madhya Bharat was included in the state of Madhya Pradesh. 

 Jabalpur is one of the major city in a Madhya Pradesh state, India. Jabalpur is even known as Sanskaardhaani, which means "cultural capital" in the Hindi language and "Land of Gondwanas".

The history of Jabalpur dates back to Ashoka Period in about 300 BCE (as known from the ruins of Rupnath near Jabalpur). In about 9th century Karanbel (a place just outside present day Jabalpur) was the capital of  Kalchuri kingdom. Later in CE 675 Raja Mandalik belonging to Parmar Dynasty won the kingdom from Raja Bamraj Dev then the rule was spread up to Madhya Pradesh,UP, Bihar, Bengal, Nepal, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The rule of Kaluchari Kings was the longest from 915 – 1543 CE the King Yuvrajdev ruled longest among them. Afterwards between the rule of Gonds and Maratha, the descendants of Kaluchari ruled the kingdom till 1947 when Beohar Raghuvir Simha was the Jagirdar of Jabalpur his family still lives in Jabalpur. Jabalpur was an active center during the freedom struggle of India. All agitations got active and strong support here. Because Mahatma Gandhi had special attachments with Jabalpur his ashes were brought to the city and immersed at the Tilwara ghat in Jabalpur.                                                                                                     

   Visakha Utsav is a festival organized by tourism department of Andhra Pradesh.Visakha Utsav is held every year from third Friday to Sunday in the month of January. This three day Utsav (festival) is organized in the Visakhapatnam district of the state.

The festival is a fascinating event bringing the festive spirit of people of Visakhapatnam to life.  The festival is celebrated to showcases the art and cultures of the district of Visakhapatnam. Though it is celebrated in different parts of the state, the Visakhapatnam is the main venue chosen by the department of tourism of Andhra Pradesh to organize the festival and celebrate it with much pomp and show. The festival is visited by many tourists from across the state and country as well.

Visakha Utsav promotes and conserves the arts and cultures of Visakhapatnam district of the state. A fair held during the celebration of the Visakhapatnam displays the beautiful arts and crafts the region of Visakhapatnam. Variety of cultural programs, sports events, exhibition, food fair, fashion show, etc are seen giving charming look to the festival and thereby attracting the thousands of tourists from across the country to watch the vibrant festivities of the event. 

             The city of Ajmer is located in the middle of Rajasthan state on the slopes of Aravali Mountains on its lower side. Anasagar lake is situated at the Northern side of the city. Ajmer is an old city with recent modern developments on its outer sides. Dushyant Chauhan found Ajmer around 7THcentury; in 1193 Muhammad of Ghor conquered Ajmer but handed over the rule to Chauhan kings on payment of royalty. Ajmer was under tenancy of Delhi rule till 1365, later it was conquered by the Maharaja of Mewari. After a long fight with Marwari Kings the city was finally won by the Marwari king in 1532. In the year 1559 Mughal Emperor Akbar conquered Ajmer.

The ruler of Ajmer again changed to be Marathas in 18Th century. From then up to 1818 Ajmer many times saw change of rulers from Mewar and Marwar. Under the British Raj Ajmer was governed by an Agent to the governor General who supervised the Administrations of Rajputana region. After India’s Independence Ajmer was brought under the rule of Rajasthan state. The Pushkar town famous for Bhrama temple and Pushkar lake is just 11 Kms away from Ajmer

Taj Mahal