 The kite festival is held in Ahmadabad and in Jodhpur on 14th January every year, it coincide with the Hindu festival Makar Sankranti that heralds a change of season marking the movement of the sun into the northern hemisphere (a mark the end of chilly season). The kite festival in Ahmadabad and in Jodhpur is an international festival.
Worldwide kite flying festival in Jodhpur is held at the Polo Ground for three days. The sky seems downrightly surprising with kites in myriad hues, designs and shapes of the kites being flown in the air. The Air Force helicopters release multicolored kites from the sky while school children release colorful air balloons. The kite festival is divided into two forms as the Fighter Kite Competition and the Display Flying. The kite flyers compete with each other displaying their skills with the purpose of winning the Fighter Kite Competition while the other serenely fly the kite show evidence of their attractive kites for the Display Flying. The impressive trophies are awarded to the winners of both the categories and every participant is bestowed dinner at an exotic place.
The splendid ending of the international kite flying festival in Jodhpur is held in the extant lawns of the Umaid Bhawan Palace . The finals of the Fighter Kite Competition and Display Flying are followed by the prize allocation ceremony, thanks-giving ceremony and farewell dinner with the Maharaja of Jodhpur. The kite festival is attended and participated by numbers of people from throughout India and overseas.
The globally kite flying festival in Ahmadabad starts at the break of day and goes till the Sun sets without intervals or breaks. The keenness of the people is worth noting as they compete with each other in kite flying and shouting in exhilaration. The same excitement keeps on even after twilight and nightfall when illuminated box kites can be seen in the sky. They can be found in series strung in on line and are known ad 'Tukkals'. Local kite flying festivals are held in several cities of the country but international kite festival is held in Ahmadabad witnesses a large thronging of participants and observers from all over India and globe. If you crave to quench, you interest about the history of kites and kite flying and you can learn all this and much more at the Museum in Ahmadabad, which very succinctly yet colorfully outlined the history of kites and starting of kite flying.
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