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Pushkar Camel Fair

🇮🇳 Pushkar, India

About Pushkar Camel Fair

The Pushkar Camel Fair is one of the world's largest livestock gatherings, drawing tens of thousands of camels, horses and cattle — and the traders, pilgrims and tourists who follow them — to the Rajasthani desert town of Pushkar each November. Beyond the trading it becomes a swirling carnival of moustache contests, camel races, folk music and Ferris wheels, set against sand dunes and one of Hinduism's holiest lakes. It is a photographer's paradise and a vivid slice of rural Indian life. Go early in the fair for the animals, and stay for the spectacle.

WhenNovember, at Kartik Purnima
Duration~1 week
LocationPushkar, India
CategoryCulture
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“Camels, dunes and swirling desert colour. A photographer's dream and a vivid slice of India.”

— The Editor, Find a Festival

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