PICS: World's LARGEST camel fair starts in Pushkar

The famous Pushkar fair, which attracts lakhs of people including foreign tourists, has begun in Ajmer, Rajasthan, with a number of cultural programmes, group dance and camel race attracting lakhs of visitors.

Herders arrive at the cattle fair ground during the Pushkar camel fair. Photograph: PTI Photo

A foreign tourist sits on a camel for photograph during the camel fair in Pushkar on Monday. Photograph: PTI Photo

Many international and domestic tourists throng to Pushkar to witness one of the most colourful and popular fairs in India. Thousands of animals, mainly camels, are brought to the fair to be sold and traded.

Camels quench their thirst at the Pushkar camel fair in Rajasthan. Photograph: PTI Photo

Camel traders wearing turbans rest in a group surrounded by their camels at the pushkar fair in Rajasthan. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

Herders sit near their camels during the pushkar camel Fair. Photograph: PTI Photo

A camel herder walks his camels at Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan. Photograph: Himanshu Sharma/Reuters

A tourists plays with a camel at the camel fair in Pushkar of Rajasthan. Photograph: PTI Photo

A Sadhu smokes a chillum (pipe) at Pushkar in Rajasthan. Photograph: Himanshu Sharma/Reuters

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