After sordid Delhi, a murky night negotiating the desert on narrow-gauge brings me to Ajmer, railhead to the holiest town in Rajputana. A far cry from the faceless urban spaces that many of us call ...

The Pushkar Camel Fair, or Pushkar Mela, is an annual week-long camel and livestock fair held in the town of Pushkar, Rajasthan, between October and November. This year, the Mela will begin on October ...

That singular carnival we know as the Pushkar Mela can actually best be understood as a conglomeration of two or even three fairs. There’s the religious fair, spanning the last five days of the Kartik ...

Pushkar Mela 2024, from November 9-15, coincides with Kartik Purnima, attracting thousands with its vibrant blend of tradition, culture, and festivity in the heart of Rajasthan.

On the sand dunes bordering Pushkar, where thousands of camels and horses are traded every year, 12-year-old Sanjini is flocked by a group of DSLR-carrying foreigners. They want to photograph her ...