Streets of Pushkar

Pushkar

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January 13th 2009
So I found a better internet so I can catch up on the blog. We are in Pushkar right now which is a tiny holy town near Ashmer in Rajasthan state. It is one of the holiest places in India and boast the only Brahman temple in the world and a holy lake with 52 ghats, which are essentially just steps down to the lake where people bathe and pray. It really is so incredible I can't even put it into wo ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar

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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