Monday 18/02/2013 - PUSHKAR.
Prominent Hindu pelgrimage town, devout Hindus should visit once in their lifetime. The town curls around a holy lake, said to have appeared when Brahma dropped a lotus flower. 52 bathing ghats and 400 milky blue temples.
Prominent Hindu pelgrimage town, devout Hindus should visit once in their lifetime. The town curls around a holy lake, said to have appeared when Brahma dropped a lotus flower. 52 bathing ghats and 400 milky blue temples.
The bathing ghats, completely surrounding the lake.
Village life: a mix of pilgrims, worshippers and hippies
Pigments shop.
Looking back, after having taken some hundred steps of the stairs to the hill top.
Monkeys...
Saraswati Temple, reached after a sun-exposed one hour climb.
Valley and village view from the Saraswati temple, on the top of the hill.
Time to take a cup of tea.
The hotel entrance during one of the many power cuts.
Next morning, when checking out :-(
Before leaving Pushkar,a last visit to the Brahma Temple,
one of the few in the world (unfortunately no inside pictures allowed).
one of the few in the world (unfortunately no inside pictures allowed).
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