Pushkar
Camel Festival Tour
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Time: 5
- 13 November
Season: Early Winters
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Attractions:
Trading of cattle, camel
races, bangles, brassware, clothes, camel
saddles and halters, necklaces of glass beads,
pottery, and printed textiles are the main
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This is one of the most colorful festivals
of Rajasthan, attracting the most number
of tourists from the world over. Held every
year at Pushkar, near Ajmer, this festival
witnesses a big gathering of thousands of
pilgrims, who come across to bathe in the
holy waters of the Pushkar Lake.
Other attractions of the festival include
trading of camels by farmers and a colorful
camel races organized everyday. The festival
also features an entire range of handicraft
products like, bangles, brassware, clothes,
camel saddles and halters, which are brought
over by traders from various parts of Rajasthan.
This is definitely a must visit festival
in Rajasthan, which lasts for 12 days at
a stretch.
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