The International Kite Festival is a excellent piece of public entertainment and celebration in Rajasthan. Its mix of kites, music street theatre and arts and crafts has established a local tradition, which is freshly invented on the holy day of Makar Sankranti falling on 14th January each year. Makar Sankranti is celebrated to welcome the transition of the sun into the Northern hemisphere.

The International Kite Festival in Rajasthan attracts an ever-growing number of committed kite fans, participants and spectators, from all over India as well as from countries around the world. In the evening, kites with lights in them add to the twinkling skies above. Not only is a kite fun to fly, but also it is also spectacular to watch. The main centers of celebration are Jaipur and Jodhpur.

The colorful kite festival thus presents a golden opportunity for visitors to savor the international flavor of kite culture in a single trip.

The highlights of the festivals include exhibitions, demonstrations and displays of an astonishing variety of international kites, demonstrations of kite fighting as a team sport, the staging of 'kite-fighting' battles and various kite contests.