The camel fair of pushkar is the biggest fair in India and known as only fair of its genus worldwide. This annual camel fair that takes place in the month of November, Million of people visit this fair from rural India for selling their live stocks and for dealing of horses for several days by hauling their cattle and camels. The fair of pushkar has its self-determined magic that had spread all over and it is very prominent in offering one of its experiences to all visitors.

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Pushkar Fair :: Pushkar Fair - Rituals and Traditions

Pushkar Fair - Rituals and Traditions

Every year a lot of festivals in celebrated in India. These festivals are celebrated with a lot of enthusiasim and are looked forward for with a lot of egarness. Although these festivals also share different kind of rituals. These rituals are very imporatnt in terms of the importance that is given to these festivals and the proper process that is followed for these festivals.
Rituals that are performed with utmost care to provide a very astheric and spiritual experience for the festival. These rituals for Indina festivals have been followed for past several centuries with the same respect that was used several hundred years ago.
Every Indian festival have different rituals and prayers that are followed. Every day of weekday have a differnt stories (see hindu fasts) and different reason behind having these seven days.
Apart from just Hindu festivals there are also several muslim festivals that follow rituals of their own and is known as Azzan and is performed when a child is born or after the new born baby is given its first bath. This ritual is followed and prayers are offered to god. This process is followed so that the first name that the child hears is that of the god.
Rituals make an integral part of the Indian history and will be followed with the same zeal and enthusisasim for centuries to come.
These five days are a period of relaxation and merry-making for the villagers, despite being the busiest for them, as this is one of the largest cattle fairs in the country. Animals, mainly camels, are brought from miles around. Trading is brisk as several thousand heads of cattle exchange hands. All the camels are cleaned, washed, adorned, some are interestingly shorn to form patterns, and special stalls are set up selling finery and jewelry for the camels. Camels at the Pushkar fair are decorated with great care. They wear jewelry of silver and beads. There are silver bells and bangles around their ankles that jingle-jangle when they walk. An interesting ritual is the piercing of a camel's nose.
Races and competitions are organized. Camels lope across the sands sometimes throwing their riders on to the vast sands, amidst cheers and jeers from thousands of spectators. An interesting event is the camel beauty contest, where they are adorned and paraded. The camels preen before the crowds, enjoying every moment of the attention they get.
It is believed that for five days every year, all the gods visit Pushkar and bless the devout. This accounts for the unbelievable number of devotees who flock to the lake to wash away their sins.