Every year during the chilling winter month of November, the city of Pushkar in the north-western frontier state of Rajasthan comes alive with colors and a week long- frenzied burst of festive activities. Millions of Indian pilgrims and large pool of foreign tourist joins the infamous festival prevailing here since time immemorial. The great occasion of Pushkar Fair has acclaimed a global reputation. Literally, very few international fairs, if at all any, fairs in the world can match the spectacular liveliness of Pushkar fair. Most people associate the Pushkar fair with the world's largest camel fair. But it is much more than that as this festival and the place of Pushkar has earned the reputation of a sacred pilgrimage worth to visit. For the global tourists it’s the venue and the occasion to observe to realize the great Indian ancient beliefs and rituals along with understanding the Indian culture and its uniqueness.

The Pushkar Fair has greater significance in the lives of the deserts dwellers of Rajasthan. The residents from every remote corner of the arid state of Rajasthan gathers together during the Pushkar festival and enjoy a welcome break from their harsh and tiresome desert life. Their parameter of their enjoyment reaches the highest with multiple spectrums of colors, rituals, cultural functions and many more. In a word, it’s amazing! Being there is something heavenly on the earth.

The festival of Pushkar has massive impact particularly for the Hindus. It is an occasion for the Hindu pilgrims to converge for a holy dip in the sacred Pushkar Lake to ‘wash away the sins of a lifetime’ and pay obeisance at the only Brahma temple on the earth.

"Camels Trade – Redefining the Life of the Desert Dwellers"

Apart from the regular Hindu pilgrims, millions of visitors join the occasion to be witness of the unparallel and unforgettable experience feeling the vibrancy of the entire Rajasthan state combined in the tiny city of Pushkar. Unless you are physically present to the holy city of Pushkar during October, many important and real components of cultural understanding will remain unexplored to you.

Besides the religious importance Pushkar is the place where during the month of October world’s large camel trade takes place. Each year in the month of Kartic (as per Hindu calendar), a staggering number of camels travel their way across the golden sands of Rajasthan to collect at Pushkar for the week-long fair devoted to them. Coming in from all directions, their masters astride them, they flick the sand at every step with casual ease. The horses that march to this site find the sand-trot a touch exercise. Numerous cows and sheep also come to the animal fair. Completing the scene thousands of men, women and children, come with their beasts, suddenly inhabiting the barren plain with the camel providing the backdrop.

It’s the time when the contrast to the dull desert landscape is the riot of colors - the large gaudy turbans of the native males arriving here to trade their animals or set up the stalls to cater to the booming captive market, and the loud hues of the pleated ghagaras (ankle-length skirts) of the women bangled by the armful, bejewelled from head to toe--adding charm and zest to the massive affair.

The chilling winter of October in the desert land, millions of camels, traders, pilgrims, and visitors from every corner of the country and the globe gathers up to witness and feel the vibration colorful vibration of the largest fair on the earth. The spiritually mystic mornings and the festive nights with colorful cultural programs are simply amazing. During this world largest fair, Pushkar in Rajasthan unites and comes under one roof with perfect exhibition of the true Indian culture.

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