FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Pushkar Fair
Pushkar Fair, Ajmer ( November ): The well-known and marked with largest
participation of all the festivals of Rajasthan, Pushkar is an important
pilgrimage as well as the venue of a mammoth cattle fair. Bazaars, auctions,
music and sports are highlight of this event. It also offers some of the
most exquisite handcrafted items of Rajasthan that are sure to entice you.
The festival is well organized with enough arrangement for accommodation in
the tents.
The famous Pushkar Fair is a great tourist attraction.
People from around the globe come to the ancient religious town of Pushkar
which is transformed into a spectacular fair ground in the month of Kartik.
People bathe, worship and delight in the dazzling wares of roadside stalls.
Camels are bought, sold, beautified, raced and parade. Most unusual are the
small groups of men and women seen busy tattooing their hands and other
parts of the body.
The fair is predominantly a rural gathering.
Villagers come from different parts of the state and bring their cattle with
them. On spectacular sanddunes camel, horse and bullock races are great
crowd pullers. All roads lead to the lake, which is flooded with pilgrims.
The movement of the crowd is like a tide of colour with currents of crimson,
yellow and turquoise.
Evenings at the Pushkar Fair have their
own charm. The silent night is pierced by calls of camels. Ballads are sung
by actors in passionate tones. Folk
dramas, skits and folk dance are
organised for the entertainment of the
tourists.
The Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) puts up a tourist
village during the fair. The tourist village is self sufficient and
specially designed to complement the natural beauty of the site. It has a
Coffee Shop and Dining Hall which can cater to 1 500 guests at a time.
The village is arranged in blocks of tents, each with its own
identity, being named after the famous dances of Rajasthan. The village also
has huts with attached western style toilets and running water. One can also
stay in Sarovar Hotel, Pushkar and Khadim Tourist Bunglow at Ajmer.
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