Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Pushkar Camel Fair 31st Oct 2011 - 10th Nov 2011

Pushkar Camel Fair India


Pushkar Camel Fair / Festival
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Date
02- 10 Nov.
20-28 Nov.
09-17 Nov.
01-08 Nov.
18-25 Nov.

Upcoming Pushkar Camel Fairs

How is the Pushkar Camel Fair Celebrated:

In Pushkar Camel Fair, the camels are dressed up, entered into beauty contests, raced, and traded. It is like Local Huge Carnival flocked with musicians, magicians, dancers, acrobats, snake charmers and carousel rides to entertain the crowd. 

Another famous Cultural Fair is going to happen from Nov 6th - Nov 9th. During this Cultural Fair, all government aided cultural activities take place such as folk dance shows, music performances, and other similar activities. 

During Pushkar Fair, pilgrims come from different parts of India to bathe in the holy waters of Pushkar's lake to be absolved of their sins. The two days around the full moon are considered to be the most auspicious time of the year for bathing in the lake.

Many tourist from foreign Countries visit Pushkar Fair to visualize the spectacular moments of cultural gathering with the blend of Folk dances, folk music, Cultural activities, rural sports like Camel race. It is really a great opportunity to witness an old traditional Indian style festival. The highlight is definitely the camel races, although the beauty contests featuring elaborately adorned and shaved camels are also amusing.


How to get go to Pushkar: 

By Train: Nearest Rail Head is in Ajmer with a 30 minutes drive to Pushkar. Ajmer is rail connected with all major cities. And also local buses are around 20 to bring you in the town as well as Auto rickshaws. It's easily to get Auto during the camel festival. 

By Air
The nearest airport is in Jaipur, around two and a half hours away. 

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