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Camel trip in the sand.
View of Pushkar Lake From Shri Savitri Temple
Overlooking Pushkar From Shri Savitri Temple
Trekking To Shri Savitri TempleBrahma...and the Camel Fair
Once a year, on the full moon night of the Hindu lunar month of Kartika (October - November), a religious festival is held in Brahmâ's honour. Thousands of pilgrims come to bathe in the holy lake adjacent to the temple.
With so many people coming in one place, this is also the perfect occasion for trade, so a “camel fair” (the town is at the edge of the desert) starts to take place. In the last decades, The Pushkar Camel Fair has also become a major tourist draw and has taken on somewhat of a carnival flavour. Tens of thousands of camels and cattle are traded during the fair, while sadhus (ascetics) converge on the town to take a soul-cleansing dip in the holy lake. There's ample entertainment for tourists, with musicians, dancers, snake-charmers, and magicians flocking to the town.
The dates of the fair vary annually according to the Indian lunar calendar, taking place in late October or November (consult the tourist office for exact dates).
If you're keen to see the animal trading at its peak during the camel fair, get to Pushkar about a week prior to the published (official) festival dates.
