Pushkar Lake

Pushkar and Ajmer: the final sightseeing

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June 1st 2008
In the last push before returning to Delhi and a date with an international flight, we stopped off at Pushkar and Ajmer. Pushkar is a tiny town around a holy mountain lake; as such, it has tons of ghats (bathing points) and temples. Some of the temples are quite elaborate and cool, but nothing unlike others we've seen. We spent most of the last couple days wandering around, absorbing the atmosp ... 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