Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan

Rajasthan Travel and Tourism Guide - Pushkar Fair The ancient town of Pushkar is transformed into a spectacular fair ground in the month of Kartik. The fair attracts a great number of tourist from far and wide. The fair grounds reverberate with festivals, as rows of make shifts stalls display a bewildering array of items that compete with each other for the visitorss attention. But the higlight of Pushkar Fair is the trading in camels. Camels are bought, sold, decked up and paraded on the sand dunes, presenting a picturesque sight.

The Pushkar Fair, in Rajasthan brings together a large number of vilagers from different parts of the state. Some come here to sell. Some come here to buy. Others come her on a pilgrimage. Still others come here just to enjoy the festivities. A large number of traders gather at the Pushkar Fair and set up shops. They sell a host of products like bead necklaces of Nagaur, wollen blankets of Merta, textiles printed in Ajmer and Jodhpur, brassware of Jodhpur and Jaipur.