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Plate F · MELAPushkara Melaपुष्कर मेला

URN · pushkar-mela

Festivals · 1 day

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पुष्कर मेला

Pushkara Mela

Pushkar Mela — World's Largest Camel Fair and Sacred Fair

Pañcāṅga rule

Lunar — Kartika · shukla pakṣa · tithi 15

Duration · 1 day

ISynopsis

Held at Pushkar Lake (Rajasthan) during Kartika Purnima — the only Brahma temple in the world. The 5-day fair draws 200,000+ pilgrims, 50,000 camels, and international tourists. Sacred bathing in Pushkar Lake on Kartika Purnima grants moksha. The camel fair has been held for centuries on the Pushkar plain.

Provenance ledger

9 entries

  1. RecurrenceLunar — Kartika · shukla pakṣa · tithi 15 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
  2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
  3. Name (eng/Latn)Pushkar Mela — World's Largest Camel Fair and Sacred Fairtextual
  4. Name (hin/Deva)पुष्कर मेलाtextual
  5. Name (tam/Taml)புஷ்கர் மேளாtextual
  6. Name (tel/Telu)పుష్కర్ మేళాtextual
  7. Name (kan/Knda)ಪುಷ್ಕರ ಮೇಳtextual
  8. Name (mal/Mlym)പുഷ്കർ മേളtextual
  9. Observed at23 templescommunity attested

IIIObserved at

23 attested
  • Temple db8acaccdeity-festival association
  • Temple dc37bfcadeity-festival association
  • Temple 7cb71d15deity-festival association
  • Temple c03c9f56deity-festival association
  • Temple 16bdac3cdeity-festival association
  • Temple 2fb8c684deity-festival association
  • Temple ea217427deity-festival association
  • Temple e0c46eb6deity-festival association
  • Temple e933a707deity-festival association
  • Temple 5c20a148deity-festival association
  • Temple 404fb42ddeity-festival association
  • Temple 6bdb9918deity-festival association
  • And 11 more temples in the register.

IVNames across registers

  • eng / LatnPushkar Mela — World's Largest Camel Fair and Sacred FairHeld at Pushkar Lake (Rajasthan) during Kartika Purnima — the only Brahma temple in the world. The 5-day fair draws 200,000+ pilgrims, 50,000 camels, and international tourists. Sacred bathing in Pushkar Lake on Kartika Purnima grants moksha. The camel fair has been held for centuries on the Pushkar plain.
  • hin / Devaपुष्कर मेलाराजस्थान के पुष्कर में कार्तिक पूर्णिमा पर विश्व का सबसे बड़ा ऊँट मेला और धार्मिक उत्सव।
  • tam / Tamlபுஷ்கர் மேளா
  • tel / Teluపుష్కర్ మేళా
  • kan / Kndaಪುಷ್ಕರ ಮೇಳ
  • mal / Mlymപുഷ്കർ മേള
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