The Pushkar Mela in Rajasthan – World’s Largest Camel Fair
Indians refer to a fair or festival as a mela. However, the words more prone to be at the forefront of a westerners mind are mayhem and madness.
A unspoiled example of this is the planets largest camel fair, held each year in Pushkar during the Hindu lunate month of Kartika (which usually falls ex in November).
The population of Pushkar is more often than not a moderately tiny 15,000 people. However this explodes to over 200,000 people and 50,000 camels during the festival.
At this time, the and owners decide on from all directions and take up residence in do-it-yourself tents in the waste. Theyre accompanied by the many visiting Indian families who camp out indiscriminately in the open at the edge of the town.
Pushkar is an perfect town in the middle of India’s Rajasthan wilderness. It’s full of buildings, and is encircled by hills on sides and sand dunes on the another.
The main mark of Pushkar is its lake. According to Hindu star, it was made from a cream dropped by Lord Brahma, the Creator, when for a place to execute a holy ritual on a full moon...