Pushkar Fair - Fairground in Pushkar - Ajmer, India

The Pushkar Fair, also called the Pushkar Camel Fair or locally as Kartik Mela or Pushkar ka Mela is an annual multi-day livestock fair and cultural fete held in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district.

Hey Good morning to all. Hope you all are doing well and everything is goin well in your life. So as of now I just want to share my experience about Pushkar Fair. So before starting it I want to share the history of Pushkar Fair. The Pushkar Fair, also called the Pushkar Camel Fair or locally as Kartik Mela or Pushkar ka Mela is an annual multi-day livestock fair and cultural fete held in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district in (Rajasthan, India). The fair starts with the Hindu calendar month of Kartik and ends on the Kartik Purnima, which typically overlaps with late October and early November in the Gregorian calendar.[1][2] In 1998, over 1 million visitors came to Pushkar throughout the year.[2] The Pushkar fair alone attracts over 200,000 visitors. The Pushkar fair[4] is one of India's largest camels, horse and cattle fairs. Apart from the trading of livestock, it is an important pilgrimage season for Hindus to the Pushkar lake. Pushkar fair has also become a significant tourist attraction for domestic and international travellers, given the cooler season, the abundance of colourful cultural themes.[2] Cultural events and competitions include dances, tug of war between women teams as well as men teams, the "matka phod", "longest moustache" competition, "bridal competition", camel races and others. Thousands of people go to the banks of the Pushkar Lake where the fair takes place. Men trade their livestock, which includes camels, horses, cows, sheep and goats.[8] Rural families shop at the handicraft stalls full of bracelets, clothes, textiles and fabrics. A camel race starts off the festival, with music, songs and exhibitions to follow. Between these events, the most waited for is the test of how the camel is able to bring the items. In order to demonstrate, the men go up on the group of camels one after another. Pushkar is in centre-east part of Rajasthan, on the western side of Aravalli mountains. The nearest airport from Pushkar is Kishangarh Airport in Ajmer, about 40 km (25 mi) northeast. Jaipur is well connected with all the major cities in India. Pushkar is about 10 km (6.2 mi) from Ajmer, connected via Pushkar road (Highway 58) which goes over the Aravalli Range mountains. Ajmer is also the nearest major railway STATION [9] Pushkar Railway Station is connected to Ajmer Railway Station. So I visited the Pushkar Fair on 26 November of 2023 at evening time where I really enjoyed the beauty of Rajasthani culture. Drawing on the back of camels were also beautiful. As I know that the drawing on camels back is known as " Ustha Kalla" which is very famous in Bikaner district of Rajasthan. If you really want to enjoy the beauty Rajsthani culture. Plzz visit Pushkar...

Puskar Mela (Fair) in Puskar is a holy city near Ajmer city of Rajasthan, India. Puskar is most famous for it's Temples,Lake,and desert .The 100 years old Puskar Mela is one of the most famous and largest camel fair in world. Some beautiful pictures of 05 days Puskar Mela in November 2021.

I really enjoyed seeing animals around me but for me this is kind of torturing animals. I saw few animals were hurts and I didn't see any one around to help it. One of them was a horse which was bleeding and i didn't see its owner around. For me, as the first time participating there, i felt kind of bothering animals, keeping them all day long in one place fasten the legs, with everything on just to show people it is nice, buy it ... I don't think it s fair. Especially it was raining and some of them were getting wet!!

I enjoyed this trip so much! Small town big fair. Animals, colors, trinkets to camel everything on sale. Very nice and colourful festival.

Excellent Experience too many horses n camels sell n buy there ... beautiful animals fair

Pushkar Fair, also known as the Pushkar Camel Fair is held in the town of Pushkar in November at the time of Kartik Purnima. This traditional carnival brings thousands of camels, cattle, and horses together. This is a seven-day colorful, unique exhibition that attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world. Apart from trading the livestock the main attractions of the fiesta are camel and horse races, cultural performances, exhibitions, magic shows, longest mustache competition, bridal competition, and much more. Besides, this fair is renowned for being one of the world's largest cattle fairs.

6 Kms ride on camel cost 2000 They are showing only trees....also showing Karan Arjun film suiting place.... Better to go satimata...exact at the same place...kids like satimata....it's on top of the mountain....and there is also ropeway.... I don't prefer camel riding....as it's waste of time and money