The following blog entry is dedicated to all those people who flock from all over the world to witness something extremely different on this planet.
Vedic Walks conducted its quarterly offsite in the Holy City of Pushkar. The timing was right. It was perfectly coinciding with the concluding days of the annual Pushkar fair.
The fair takes place in the last week of the Hindu month of Kartik which usually falls during Oct and Nov. It ends on the full moon night, which is the last and the most important day of the Kartik month.
It was amazing to see the number of people who had come from all corners of the country and the world to witness something extra-ordinary. The extra ordinary is the cattle and camel fair. Hordes of cattle shows, activities, races, cattle milking competitions, breed competitions, displays and decorations make this fair extremely colourful.
To understand the whole fair, it will take a person 3 days of continuous and alert walking criss-crossing the Pushkar town. The activities are concentrated in four major areas of the town - The Brahma Temple, The Ghats, The Fair Ground and The Markets. Out of all these The Fair Ground or popularly known as the Mela Ground, steals the show. It is the reason why the annual Pushkar Fair is so important.
The activities one can witness and participate into over here are just out of the world. For some, the obsolete circus and stunt show culture is still alive here. Numerous joy rides, animal displays, make-shift markets, tattoo artists, street performers are all visible here.
The items for sale in the Mela Ground are so rare for an urban dweller to even know. The beauty of this whole arrangement is the heterogeneous mixture of the audience. The way Indian rural and urban and foreign travellers enjoy this whole event together is really tough to find. There are even some games that seek participation from all kinds of audience.
The whole set-up of the fair, with, lake on one side, markets in the middle and sandy grounds for the events and above all hills all around is just mesmerising. Pushkar fair is definitely a place to be........
Waiting for the next year's fair to understand it further
