The Importance Of Pushkar Mela

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Pushkar is always good for its most esteemed temples and it’s a place for the temple of Brahma, the only temple dedicated to him in India. Epics say that Pushkar floated to the surface when Brahma dropped a lotus flower on earth later this pond size town is largely associated with the few renowned sacred places of India. The rarity of the Brahma temple under this city domain renders huge significance to it. It is also considered that the famed waters of the Pushkar wash away the sins of whole life along with its consideration of treating skin diseases. Pilgrims from all over India and world come there and take the holy bath on Karthik Purnima or on any of the four days before the day of it and also worship at the Ghats.
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The camel race is very popular and is centre attraction on the main day of festival accompanied with other events as well among the visitors and there a city of the tent is built around the Pushkar Lake and this event is open for all age groups which were equally enjoyed by both participants and the tourist. The tents which were built only during the fair for the visitors were meant to give the similar experience and time to live and enjoy around as that with the campaign of the traders with their cattle who participates in this trade …show more content…
The garland or the mala is the ‘sign’ for them and they were communicating without any fail with themselves.
Camels also wear flowered shaped ‘nath’ and it has different colour and structure for different camels. Its symbolism can be the Indian way of bridal dressing and decoration just like on the day of the marriage she prepared and carried herself. In the Indian context, woman’s dressing doesn’t create any dilemma and as a whole, it works as a sign while in other countries especially in West, there can be some frequent encounters of fusion of this bridal dressing with their own drapes as to symbolize the Indian ethnicity.
So in some sense, traders in Pushkar tries to create a global context to symbolize their culture and tradition through their camels and

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