Nagaur Cattle Fair

The Nagaur Fair is most commonly called as a Cattle Fair. Usually held around the months of January and February, the four day festival fires a spirit of conviviality in visitors and locals alike. The fair plays host to a variety of guests, among whom are the stately and handsome Marwari horses with in curving ears that arch at the tips like a lyre. Then there are the honey- coloured Nagauri bullocks, long lashed camels with embroidered stoles on their hump and bells around their ankles and cows with ornately painted horns. Apart from these, there are other attractions that add to the allure of the Cattle Fair -well, here I am talking about the dusky Rajasthani women, looking very stunning in their flowing skirts, heavily adorned in silver jewellery and vibrant beads and the macho men donning colourful turbans and gold earrings swaggering with royal insouciance.

The Fair Fervour
The Mirchi Bazaar of the Cattle Fair is also worth a glance. It is considered to be the largest market for red chillies in the country, which appears as a shock of red against the flat monotony of the desert sand. One can also find beautiful women sitting in the Mirchi Bazaar and haggling for a good price. Well amidst all these we certainly cannot skip from the cattle in the cattle fair. There are about 70,000 cattle that are traded in this annual affair.

Generally at dusk Nagaur is caught up in music and dance. The snake dancers dressed in black, pirouette seductively and the fire eaters eat, um, fire. The transformation of the fair from a bustling trade centre to a cultural fair by night is a magic in itself.
Facts
Place - Rajasthan
Starts - 25th February
Finishes - 28th February
Organised By - The Department of Animal Husbandry in co-operation with the Department of Tourism.
Local Transport - Tongas and Cycle Rickshaws

Getting There
By Air : Jaipur is the main airport to enter Rajasthan. Serviced by all the domestic airlines of India, Jaipur has connections to Delhi, Mumbai, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Jodhpur and few more cities in India.

By Rail : Rajasthan has a good Railway network also. Major Railway Stations are in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udaipur, which are in turn linked to important Indian cities.

By Road : One can reach Rajasthan by Road very easily since a network of National Highways and State Highways roads covers the state extensively.

Come to Nagaur in Rajasthan and surrender yourself to the sand dunes.....................