Plate F · MELAPushkara Melaपुष्कर मेला
URN · pushkar-mela
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Provisionalपुष्कर मेला
Pushkara Mela
Pushkar Mela — World's Largest Camel Fair and Sacred Fair
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
- RecurrenceLunar — Kartika · shukla pakṣa · tithi 15 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
- Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
- Name (eng/Latn)Pushkar Mela — World's Largest Camel Fair and Sacred Fairtextual
- Name (hin/Deva)पुष्कर मेलाtextual
- Name (tam/Taml)புஷ்கர் மேளாtextual
- Name (tel/Telu)పుష్కర్ మేళాtextual
- Name (kan/Knda)ಪುಷ್ಕರ ಮೇಳtextual
- Name (mal/Mlym)പുഷ്കർ മേളtextual
- Observed at23 templescommunity attested
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- Temple 2fb8c684deity-festival association
- Temple ea217427deity-festival association
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- 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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URN · pushkar-mela