Rajasthan’s Pushkar Fair is an annual livestock and cultural event that attracts nearly 600,000 people every year. The five-day affair claims to be the world’s largest camel fair and among the world’s top cattle fairs when it is held in Pushkar, a temple town near Ajmer.
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This Nomadic Herding Community Of Rajasthan Is Facing A Fight For Its Survival
The Raikas of Rajasthan are facing existential threats to their nomadic way of life. Here's why they should be feted for their centuries-old traditions

The Raika is an indigenous pastoral tribe that has reared camels for generations
Photo: abhishek_hajela/Instagram
The Raika is an indigenous pastoral tribe that has reared camels for generations
Photo: abhishek_hajela/Instagram

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