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Nagaur Cattle Fair

Rajasthan's great winter livestock fair at Nagaur, where the trotting Nagori bullock is the main business of the day.

Nagaur (Nāgaur) is a city in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagaur District. The Nagaur city lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner. It was founded by the Naga Kshatriyas
Photo: Rituraj.bharti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cattle at Nagaur Cattle Fair

The Nagaur fair, also called the Ramdev Pashu Mela after the folk deity Baba Ramdev, is held in the bright half of the month of Magh at the edge of the desert town of Nagaur. Thousands of cattle, camels and horses are brought in by traders and herders, and the fair is above all a market for the Nagori, a light, fast draught breed prized for pulling carts on sandy roads. Animals are decked out with painted horns, bells and embroidered cloths, and there are races and tug of war between visiting teams. Spice traders bring the town's famous dried red chillies, and the fair ends with a cultural evening.

The breeds

RathiThe dairy breed of the neighbouring Bikaner country.TharparkarThe white desert cattle sold for milk and draught.

Also part of it, and being written: Nagori (The trotting bullock named after the fair's own town.).

About this page

Written by the EveryCow desk with AI assistance. Background: "Nagaur" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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