11 km far away from Ajmer , Pushkar is well-known for its sacred lake. It is believed that Lord Brahma, Vishnu and others deities came to Pushkar to bathe in Pushkar Lake on the full moon day of Kartik Poornima. It is also said that any person suffered with sin can also get salvation by taking a holy dip in Pushkar Lake . Pushkar Fair is held for seven days, starts on Noami, ends on Kartik Poornima. Pushkar Fair is also known for camels trading. The other famous thing in Pushkar is that the temple of Lord Brahma , which is only one all over the world.
During Pushkar fair, the town becomes a cultural hub when saints, devotees, musicians, folk dancer, traders, acrobats and leisure tourists from all over the world gather to Pushkar together with 50,000 camels and cattle for many days of live stock trading, horses dealing. The crowed of people in Pushkar during the fair is increased from 15,000 to just about 2, 00,000. The foremost nice-looking sight during the fair is the competitions like Matka Phod, Bridal competition and moustache.
In relation to popular Hindu mythology, Pushkar is among the five Dhams popularly known as the Gayatri Dham, the source of the Gayatri Mantra. For the period of fair, traders gather and set up shops to sell numerous kinds of products like woolen blankets of Merta, bread necklaces of Nagaur, textile printed in Ajmer and Jodhpur , brassware of Jodhpur and Jaipur and all that. Saddles, ropes, and various house hold items are also on sale.
Camel races are one of the first attraction in fair, generally a lumbering beast of burden, the camel all decorated in finery, imagines its self to be a ostrich and rushes through the race like one. Afterward analogous to musical chairs takes place. Here, as music stops, the camel is supposed for provision to stick its long arching neck between two poles. Each camel owner guiding its entrant through a silken cord attached to its nose ring.
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