Pushkar is a small religious city for both shikhs and Hindus , situated near Ajmer city in the middle of the Indian State Rajasthan . Pushkar city is situated around the Holy Lake Pushkar . It has 52 ghats around the Lake and believed to be one of the sacred lake in Hinduism . Bhrambha temple is situated near the lake . This city is also famous for the Camel fair in October – November month . This time lots of camels and horses were sold in this fair . Nearby desert safari is also one of the major attractions for this city . From this city the desert safari starts . Here you can enjoy the folk dance and music of Rajasthan and the scenary of sand dunes .
How to reach to Pushkar ?
Road:
Pushkar is connected to Ajmer by road . There is both Govt and private buses available in between this two cities . If you want , also can hire a three wheeler to reach Pushkar . It will take around 45 mins to reach to Pushkar from Ajmer.
Train
Nearest train station is Ajmer Railway station . From here trains are available for all major Indian Cities.
Air:
Nearest Airport to pushkar is Kishangarh Airport but major airport is Jaipur . From Jaipur there is direct flight for all major cities in India .
I reached Pushkar on 24th February 2022 in the evening 3 pm . It is actually spring time .
I reached Pushkar on 24th February 2022 in the evening 3 pm . It is actually spring time . Weather is very fine and you can enjoy with your t-shirt , not required woolens . After just geiing down in pushkar ,you can see cars which were pulled by Camels . In the body of camel there is different hair cutting design . I just booked a camel car to reach to my Hostel “Doctor Alone “. This camel cars wheel are normal size bus tyre . Height of the seat for this car is pretty high . Easily four people can sit inside the car . But it feels like unstable inside this car .
After a break I started my pushkar travel from Gurjar ghat . It is nearby to my hostel . If you get down to the pavement beside the ghats , you must be bare foot otherwise they will scold you for not following the rules . You have to wear decent dress , they don’t allow shorts inside this compound . Inside the pushkar city religious sentiments are very strong among local people . In the whole city of Pushkar people don’t eat Non-veg items . I was just asking a egg inside a grocessory store in Pushkar . People feel offended by this . Non-veg items are totally banned inside pushkar and even selling . Some consumption happens but not openly . Every traveller must be very carefull about the religious sentiments of the local people .
Amoung the Ghats Bhrambha Ghat and Varaha Ghat are most important beside pushkar lake . By mythology …. sometimes bhrambha’s ( deity for creation in hinduism ) lotus dropped from the heaven to the martya(earth ) . In three places the petals of lotus dropped . On this three places there are sacred lakes . This all places are situated inside the pushkar area .
Around the ghats , I found a interesting temple “Jhule ram baba temple “. Which actually have a connection with our neighbour “Pakisthan”. This saint have been born beside the Sindhu river and the people called ” Sindhi “. They still have connection with pakisthan . The deity is situated inside a cave .
Bhrambha Temple :
This has been some of temples dedicated to lord Bhrambha . The temple was build in 14 the century but the legends says that it was build by vishyamitra by the order of Bhrambha . Once in a time Martya(Earth) was tortured by Viranabha(Asur) . Seeing this brambha immediately slew him by his weapon . But in the meantime some petals of his Lotus flower fall in the ground . In those places this petals dropped are the holy lakes inside the Pushkar .
Then after Bhrambha come down to earth and planned a yagana . so protect his yagana from demons attack , he made four hills Ratnagiri in south , nilgiri in the north , sanchoora in the west and suryagiri in the east around this lake . Now to start this jayana he needs his wife Saraswati (Savitri) but she was waiting for her companion . Now Bhrambha got agitated and then requested Indra to arrange a suitable girl to marry and start the yagana . At that time Bhrambha got married to devi Gayetri and start the yagana .
In the meantime Savitri come here . seeing this she become furiated and cursed bhrambha to not been worshiped in earth , that is the reason there is very few temple in earth . She also cursed other Gods who helped him . Then he ran in the ratnagiri hill and stayed there since . Though later Gayetri devi diluted the curse by her power .
Savitri Temple :
This is a temple dedicated to godess Saraswati who is the wife of Bhrambhra . The temple is situated in the hill top of Ratnagiri . According to mythology since then Bhrambha made yajana and make the second marriage she stayed in this hill isolated from bhrambha .
As climb to this hill is difficult and it is also a pilgrimage site . So Govt made a ropeway to the savitri temple from the foothills of this hillock . One way cost for the journey is Rs 104 and two way is Rs 153 . It reaches to the top in 5 minutes . By walking it is 1100 steps and require 1 hour to climb to the top . Stairs are very uneven . From the top you can enjoy the panoramic view of the city , canels and the nearby sand dunes . The deity inside the temple is made of marbel rock .
Gayetri Temple :
Gayetri mata who is the second wife of Bhrambha situated in the opposite hill of Ratnagiri hill in this area of Pushkar . It is also a holy temple to visit . This hill is comparatively lower in Height than Ratnagiri hills . This temple is also called the Paapmochoni temple . From the base it is 20 minutes walk .
Ghats in Pushkar Lake :
There is all total 52 ghats around Pushkar Lake but Baraha Ghat and the Bharambha Ghat are most famous among them . In Bhrambha Ghat you can see lots of priest chanting mantra (Holy Script) for the wellbeing of the dead persons spirit . After the death of a man , relatives of that people come here for their spiritual wellbeing .
In the evening around 6:15 pm there happened a aarati in front of the pushkar Lake , same like varanashi . In this time they don’t allow people to go in the ghats . After this aarati this priest distribute the prasad among the devotee . The prasadam was kheer .
In the evening I started gazed around the local market . Here you will found lots of different types of food items like jalebi , Malpoa , Gulabjamun , kachori ,kulfi , poha , panipuri and different types of chats and sweets . In this local market you will found different types of Handicraft items being sold . The evening market starts to close around 8 o clock .
Pushkar Camel fair :
This camel fair is held in Pushkar in the Indian month of Kartik and between the last of October to early November . It is the largest trade centre in India for camel , Horses and other livestock animals selling fair . In this time also other events like camel racing , magic show , dances , tug of war between woman and men team are organished . This time you can also enjoy the hot balloon ride in this place . In the fair time 200000 people gathered here .
