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Pushkar
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Population |
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15,000 |
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Area |
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5 sq. km. |
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Temperature |
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Max.37.7 degree C |
Max.23.3degree C |
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Min.15.5 degree C |
Min.3.7degree C |
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Best Season |
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July to March |
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Languages |
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Hindi, Rajasthani, English |
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PUSHKAR- the 'Pilgrim City' is a picturesque
town 14 kms. from Ajmer, known for its temples and lake, the Nag
pahar (Snake Mountain), which forms a part of chain of the Aravali
range, stands between Ajmer and Pushkar. The road from Ajmer to
Pushkar is a very interesting drive as the road winds through the
Nag Pahar, leading to the ancient lake. The town situated around the
beautiful lake is surrounded on the three sides by hills, while the
fourth side cordoned by the sands which have drifted from the plains
of Marwar.
It is one of the most revered places of Hindus and referred as Tirth
Raj' or the king among pilgrims, just as Banaras is their 'guru' or
preceptor. No pilgrimage to Badri Narain (Himalayas), Jagannath (Orissa),
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) and Dwarka (Gujarat) the four principal
Hindu places of pilgrimage is complete till the pilgrims bath in the
sacred waters of Pushkar.
According to Padam Puran, the Hindu religious
text, Lord Brahma was in search of suitable place for a Vedic yagna.
While contemplating, a lotus fell down from his hand on the earth
and water spurted from three places one of them was Pushkar and
Brahma decided to perform his yagna over here.
The beautiful Pushkar Lake is a sanctified spot, and considered as
old as the creation, and has been a place of pilgrimage since time
immemorial, surrounded by 52 bathing ghats, where people come to
take a dip with deep religious faith rooted in their hearts. Pushkar
has with stood the test of time, and has been a mute witness to the
procession of history from the time of Rama, the hero of the
earliest Hindu Epic Ramayana, to Fa-Hien's accounts of Pushkar in
4th century AD., and to the time of Muslim invasion.
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