A camel trader along with his herd during the International Pushkar Camel fair in Rajasthan, India.
A camel trader along with his herd during the International Pushkar Camel fair in Rajasthan, India. The original intention behind the Pushkar Camel Fair was to attract local camel and cattle traders to do business during the holy Kartik Purnima festival, held in Pushkar around the full moon in the Hindu lunar month of Kartika. The fair has now also become a major tourist attraction. The camels are dressed up, paraded, shaved, entered into beauty contests, raced, made to dance, and traded. A huge carnival is held, with an array of musicians, magicians, dancers, acrobats, snake charmers and carousel rides to entertain huge crowd.
Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: pushkar, rajasthan, india
Photo credit: © Arijit Saha / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, animal, camel, colourful, desert, dust, fair, gear, head, india, landscape, mela, pushkar, rajasthan, tourism, traders, travel, turban
