Pushkar Mela

Pushkar Mela is held in Pushkar town, 11 km from Ajmer in Rajasthan. This happens for twelve days annually and the cultural and trade cum religious fair is an attractive and lively to watch. This is with the spectacle of Rajasthani men and women who adorn their colorful traditional attire. You can see here the saffron-robed and ash smeared Sadhus who are the holy men. Apart from that, there are thousands of bulls, cows, sheep, goats, horses and camels. These animals are richly decorated saddles and it is the largest cattle fair in the world. This fair attracts more than one lakh people. This fairs not only attracts people from Rajasthan but also people and tourists from different parts of India and abroad.

There is trading of cattle. There are also camel races which happen there. Apart from that, there are dazzling displays of bangles, brassware, clothes, camel saddles and halters and all these things add up to make the fair colorful and attractive. There are necklaces of glass beads from Naguar, pottery, printed textiles from Jodhpur and Ajmer and all these items are sold in the mela for sale. There are people who include farmers, cattle traders and breeders. These people buy and sell their animals, leather whips, saddles etc. apart from that, if you wish to have a same ride, you can do that ere during the mela.

This fair happens to come along with some other religious celebration. Pushkar is among the five main places of pilgrimage which is specified in Hindu scriptures. Pushkar has a lot of temples. These includes one of the only two temples dedicated to Lord Brahma in India and there are hundreds of thousands of devotees who take a ritual dip in the holy Pushkar Lake. This is on the day of the Kartik Purnima which is full moon night of the Kartika month. They also worship at the Brahma temple which is also known as the Jagat Pita Shri Brahma Mandir. There are pilgrims from all over India who come to Pushkar for this event during this holy time. Apart from that they also believe that all the 330 million Gods and Goddesses are present at Pushkar Lake during the occasion.

People also take part in the cultural and sporting events apart from spiritual rites. They pray to god and be spiritually active but they also take part if competitions and enjoy the fair. This desert turns into a place of action and the place becomes filled with thousands of camels, stalls and camping families. There are ample measures taken by the local tourism corporation to ensure that there are facilities provided for the people who come to the fair/.The Rajasthan tourism Development Corporation has taken adequate measures to facilitate convenient access of the fair site and to accommodate the fairgoers.