Pushkar Fair Rajasthan - Every year thousands of devotees throng the lake around the full moon day of Kartik Purnima in October-November to take a holy dip in the lake.

Huge and colorful cattle fair "The Pushkar Fair", is also held during this time. Pushkar fair is well-known for it's Camel trading.

Pushkar, the sleepy, little town of eastern Rajasthan, situated on the edge of the beautiful lake is touched comes alive every November, on the eve of the Pushkar Fair.

The riot of color and the flurry of activities, otherwise unusual to the town, become the characteristic typifying the Rajasthan Pushkar Festivals.

The liveliness and the large scale participation of people that characterize the Pushkar Fair is unmatched by any other fair.

Pushkar Festival in Rajasthan is not only about being the world’s largest camel fair.

There is more to it than that. Pushkar Fair is organized and celebrated at Pushkar and its precincts to commemorate its sanctity and fabulous richness.

The fair extends to twelve days in the month of Kartika of the Vikram Year or the sometime between the months of October and November according to the Gregorian calendar.

Pushkar Camel Fair, business and merriment go hand in hand. The camel races are the most eagerly awaited event where the camels dressed in finery competes with each other. The camels are then made to participate in a musical chair of sorts.

Merriment apart, the Rajasthan Pushkar Festivals is a great place to indulge in shopping and recreation as well.

Pushkar Camel Fair - From gaudy turbans, pleated ghagaras and woolen blankets to beaded necklaces, textiles, brassware and an assortment of other household items, the Pushkar Fair assumes the proportion of a massive affair.

Pushkar is among the five Dhams or pilgrimages that are held in high esteem by Hindus, the others being Badrinath, Puri, Rameswaram, and Dwarka.

It is said that in battle lord Brahma killed the demon Vajra Nabh with a lotus flower, whose petals floated down to earth and landed in three places in and around Pushkar where lakes sprang up.

According to legends, Pushkar Lake was surrounded by 500 temples and 52 palaces (several rajas and maharajas maintained palaces here for pilgrimage) at one point.

The Pushkar Fair and Pushkar Camel Fair in Rajasthan is a breather for the villagers from far and afar who want to grab a share of their fun and take a break from their otherwise harsh life in the arid desert.

Some converge to this place with different intentions in mind. The Hindu pilgrims flock to this place during the fair to take a dip into the holy Pushkar Lake to wash away their sins.

This act is usually followed by an act of obeisance at the Brahma temple which is the sole temple dedicated to Lord Brahma in the entire world.

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