Holy attractions
It was a stroke of luck for me that this time when I visited the “Blue Lotus” town of Pushkar in December 2017, I could visit the Brahma Temple. Three decades back, when I was in Pushkar, I could not make it to the shrine. Highly revered as Jagat Pita Brahma Temple, it is one of the few existing shrines in the country where Lord Brahma is worshipped. The shrine is as old as 14th century and was later renovated. Built of marble and stone slabs, the shrine has a distinguished red pinnacle and a bird motif and is the most popular shrine in the holy town that attracts the devouts. Pushkar nestles in the midst of oldest geological set-up called Aravalli Range and has endless rows of shrines.
Brahma Temple is devoted to four-headed Brahma and his wife, Gayatri. The shrine remains opens from dawn (at around 6.00 am) to night (9.00 pm). It is customary to take a holy dip in the Pushkar Lake and then visit the Brahma Temple.
Brahma Temple
Brahma Temple apart, when one enters the town of Pushkar from Ajmer, the premier shrine that catches one’s sight is the majestic Vishnu Temple. The towering white shrine prides in having South Indian architecture and is quite an impressive one.
Vishnu Temple
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