Rajasthan Camel Fair Puskhar
Pushkar Fair Tours is an unique opportunity for the discerning tourist to catch a glimpse of the real magic, beauty, and mystery of India when a quiet sleepy village hamlet is transformed into a fiesta of spectacular colour, unforgettable scenes and sounds, creating an experience which will lure you back year after year.
Every November the sleepy town of Pushkar in Rajasthasn State, India, comes alive with a riot of colours and a frenzied burst of activity during the festival of Kartik Purnima. This spectacle has lured people from the world over since times immemorial. Very few, if at all any fairs in the world, can match the liveliness of the Pushkar Fair, considered to be one of the oldest continuous human gatherings in the history of mankind.
Most people associate the Pushkar Fair Tours India with the world's largest camel fair. But it is much more than that. It is an occasion for villagers from far and near to collect together and enjoy in dazzling style and colours a welcome break from their harsh life in the desert. It is also an occasion for Hindu pilgrims to converge for a holy dip in the sacred Puskhar Lake and pay obeisance at the only temple in the world of Lord Brahma, the Creator of the Universe.
Features of this beautiful temple are its red spire, the image of the swan (considered sacred to Lord Brahma), the silver doors in the sanctuary, a marble gateway, a carved silver turtle, decorations of silver coins and walls adorned with graceful peacocks, the celestial vehicle of Goddess "Saraswati" (The Goddess of Wisdom and Consort of Lord Brahma.)
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