The market, really more of a festival, opens with a camel race, and also includes a longest mustache competition, parades, dancing, and Hindu ceremonies.
This market is famous for the exchange of camels. Over five days every autumn during the Hindu holy month of Kartik, some 25,000 camels are sold at the market in northwestern India. In addition to other livestock (like cows, sheep and goats), visitors can purchase jewelry and clothing.
But there's more than shopping to do at Pushkar, which is centered around the sanctified Lake Pushkar, where Hindu pilgrims come to bathe.