Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Camels Galore...

On last year's trip to India, we thought of taking a walk on the wild side and heading to the hot hot hot North Indian state of Rajasthan. However, choosing the month of November to explore it was a smart idea. Nonetheless, thanks to our tour operator, we didn't really "feel" the heat (whatever of it there was). Hehehe...

So then after spending three days in Jaipur, we marched onward to Pushkar to see the huge camel fair. When we arrived we came to know that it is not just a camel fair but also a cultural phenomenon where one experiences vivacious merriment as the atmosphere is alive with vibrantly dressed devotees, musicians, folk dancers, traders, comedians, saadhus and tourists exploring this fabulous fair in Pushkar. At Pushkar, a sacred town in Rajasthan is held a one of a kind fair – the Pushkar Camel Fair, the biggest and most anticipated cattle fair across the world. It is held in the month of November.

He's a happy lad, this one!

According to a rather interesting legend the town was formed when Lord Brahma was on his way to search for a suitable place to perform a fire sacrifice ritual and dropped a lotus to the parched earth and its dew transformed to a holy lake. The lake and its surroundings were then established as the town of Pushkar. To this day Pushkar is a pilgrimage place for Hindus.

Although meant originally only for trading of camels and cattle, the Pushkar Camel Fair has now become a major tourist attraction and has earned the reputation of the biggest livestock fair in the entire world. During this ball of a fair, the population of Pushkar rises from 15000 to 200000. Cattle included!

10 comments:

Michael Turton said...

Hey, thanks for the kind comments on my blog! This post brings back memories of my 1991 camel trip out of Jaipur, in January, nice and cool. Great food.

Michael

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