If you have ever wanted to be up close and personal to a camel (and who of us isn't fascinated by these wonderful ungainly creatures), you could have the opportunity to meet 60,000 of them at the Pushkar Camel Fair held in the Indian state of Rajasthan, from November 18-21 this year.

 

The five day horse and camel fair is one of the last great traditional melas (fairs) to be held each year in India and it has become one of India's most colourful and spectacular events. In the weeks leading up to the Fair, more than 200,000 people, camels, horses, caravans and carts from all corners of India cross sandy dunes to converge on Pushkar to take part in the Fair.