Each fall, thousands of Indian nomads, gypsies, sadhus, pilgrims, camels, tourists and eager photographers travel to the state of Rajasthan, India for the Annual Pushkar Camel Fair.

Every group comes for its own reason. For Hindus, it is a celebration of the God Brahma who was born in the village lake. Nomads and camel owners come to trade and do business.
For tourists and photographers, it is an amalgam of all things for which India has to offer.

Pushkar is also one of the oldest and most sacred cities of India. Pushkar in Sanskrit means blue lotus flower. Hindus believe that the gods released a swan with a lotus in its beak and let it fall on earth where Brahma would perform a grand yagna. The place where the lotus fell was called Pushkar.