A variation of same festival known as Chaitra Gauri Vrat is observed on the same day in the states of Maharashtra and northern Karnataka.

[4] Another variation called Saubhagya Gauri Vratam is observed in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

It is observed throughout the state with great fervor and devotion by womenfolk who worship the goddess Gauri (Parvati), the consort of Shiva during the Hindu month of Chaitra (March–April).

In some families, permanent wooden images are painted afresh every year by reputed painters called matherans on the eve of the festival.

On the evening of the 7th day after Holi, unmarried girls go around singing songs of ghudlia carrying the pots with a burning lamp inside, on their heads.

This continues for 10 days i.e. up to the conclusion of the Gangaur festival when the girls break their pots and throw the debris into the well or a tank and enjoys a feast with the collection made.

At an auspicious hour in the afternoon, a procession is taken out to a garden, bawdi, johad, or well with the images of Isar and Gauri, placed on the heads of married women.

When they came across a village, the poor women of the settlement, who learnt of their identities, offered whatever water, fruits, and flowers were available to honour the divine couple.

Following this event, Parvati bathed in a nearby river and worshipped Shiva in the form of a lingam, which she created from sand.

Propitiated, Shiva appeared before her and proclaimed that all married women who worshipped his consort and he on the third lunar day of the fortnight of Chaitra would be granted a lasting marriage.