Cattle Fair of Nagaur – One of the largest in the world

Nagaur is a small district of Rajasthan. The life here starts bustling every year with the thronging of Cattle, horses and camels accompanied by their owners and buyers. The reason is that a famous cattle fair is held here annually. This fair is supposed to be one of the largest in the world. The bulls of Nagaur are popular for their fleet-footedness and therefore, attract buyers from all over. Thousands of animals come here in this fair. The animals are magnificently garlanded with lots of accessories, to give them a vibrant and altogether a different look.



Both the buyers as well the owners of animals gathered at this fair for trading of animals. Even the owners come here in a very attractive style. They wear colourful turban and have long moustaches. Animals like cows, bullocks, oxen, horses, camels etc are sold here. Apart from the animals the Nagaur fair is famous for it's “Mirchi Bazaar”. The wooden items, the iron crafts, the leather accessories and many other interesting traditional and handicraft items are sold here.

The whole day in the Nagaur fair is spent in the trading of mainly the animals. Once the deals are done for buying and selling the animals, the fair is closed in the evening with a variety of celebrations. People sing and dance and enjoy a lot at this fair. This Indian fair is popular all over India.