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A unique cultural festival Pushkar Mela in Rajasthan

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Pushkar Mela
A unique cultural festival Pushkar Mela in Rajasthan

A beauty pageant for camels, a riot of colors, a medley of folk songs and a lake that can wash away your sins. To explore one of the largest and most colorful cattle fairs in the world, the Pushkar fair. 

Legend has it that Brahma dropped a lotus flower on earth and the holy city of Pushkar arose in the midst of a desert. The site of one of the rare Brahma temples in the world, this Hindu pilgrimage city is dominated by Pushkar Lake, edged by sacred ghats and hundreds of cream-colored temples and domes. Devout Hindus flock to take a dip in the sacred waters of the lake, which can wash away the sins of a lifetime. But what draws most tourists to Pushkar is the Pushkar Camel Fair—a week-long cattle trading event, that culminates on Kartik Purnima—the full moon night in the Hindu month of Kartik.

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