Pushkar

Visitors to the annual camel fair at Pushkar, Rajasthan. Every autumn, the small town is transformed by the arrival of around twenty thousand visitors, including camel traders and other merchants, holy men, and tourists, and they bring with them up to 50,000 camels.

Sacred Hindu lake dedicated to Brahma lying west of Ajmer in Rajasthan state, northern India. The small town of Pushkar, which contains the only Brahma temple in the country, annually accommodates thousands of pilgrims. Large numbers of foreign tourists visit the town, and India's largest cattle and camel fair is held here annually in November.