The world-famous annual fair will begin at Pushkar town near Ajmer from October 31.
The week-long event is organised by the Department of Tourism and Pushkar Mela Vikas Samiti.
A visitor will witness the largest cattle fair of the country and a melange of cultural and musical events.
The department has lined up a number of events including competitions, rural sports, cattle exhibitions, camel decoration show and even horse dance performances. The special features include the arts and crafts bazaar, maha-aarti and deepdans.
The cattle fair is the only one of its kind in the world when lakhs of people from rural India flock to Pushkar, along with camel and cattle for several days of livestock trading, horse dealing and pilgrimage.
According to the Hindu calendar, it takes place in the month of Kartika beginning on ‘ashtami,’ the eighth day of the lunar calendar and continues till full moon (‘Poornima’). The camel and cattle trading is at its peak during the first half of festival period. During the latter half, religious activities dominate the scenario. Devotees take dips in the Sarovar lake, as the sacred water is believed to bestow salvation.
Pushkar is transformed into a spectacular fair ground, as rows of makeshift stalls display an entire range of objects of art to daily utility stuff.
