Bathing at the ghats

Pushkar and back to Delhi

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June 1st 2006
Pushkar is one of the major tourist destinations of India, for both locals and foreigners. For Hindus it is a holy city filled with temples and some castes must bathe in the water one in their life time. The whole lake is surrounded by steps (ghats) and it is quite interesting to watch. Unfortunetly there is the usual no shoes rule, except that in many places there is no way to avoid the scalding ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more