Monday, March 10, 2008

Pushkar Temple Tour

Pushkar Temples:

Pushkar, located 11 km northwest of Ajmer in the state of Rajasthan, is one of the most important pilgrimages in the country. The town is considered to be sacred by the Hindus because of the presence of some 500 temples, which encircle the lake. Some of the most visited temples here are the Brahma Temple, Savitri Temple, Rangji Temple, Varah Temple and Apteshwar Temple. Luxury Rajasthan Travel, is home to travel tour details to Pushkar, located in Rajasthan, North India and specifically a travel tour to its temples and places of worship. Luxury Rajasthan Travel, is home to temples and a myriad number of places of worship to allow Pushkar, located in Rajasthan, North India, to, live up to its stature as a sacred and much sought after pilgrimage center in Rajasthan, North India. Luxury Rajasthan Travel, offers a visit to the famed and legendary Brahma Temple, which is the only temple dedicated to lord Brahma, across the length and breadth of the country. A travel tour to Pushkar, would reveal that Rajasthan is home to many a pilgrimage centers with Pushkar being a prominent pilgrimage center located in Rajasthan, North India.

A rigorous temple tour to Pushkar, located in Rajasthan, North India, would reveal that Brahma temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, North India, has a whole lot of legend attached to it. The Brahma temple is the one, which is supposed to have been formed by an accidental fall of a lotus flower from the palms of Lord Brahma. As the flower fell from a divine height into the Pushkar valley, it led to the creation of a lake, which later on became popular as the Pushkar Lake in Rajasthan, North India. The temple walls are embalmed with silver coins and a there is a silver turtle on the floor of the temple to beautify the temple compound.

Savitri Temple is another prominent temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan, North India, which is constructed on a hill in the backyard of the grand Brahma temple. Savitri was the second wife of Lord Brahma according to Hindu mythology.

Luxury Rajasthan Travel, is home to travel tour booking and travel packages to temples in Pushkar, located in Rajasthan, North India.

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Brahma Temple:
This is the most revered shrine in Pushkar, which happens t be the only temple devoted to The Lord Brahma, worshipped as the Creator of the Universe in the known Hindu Trinity. According to legend, Brahma performed a Yagya here.

Varah Temple:
Varah Temple is devoted to the Lord Vishnu, the preserver in the Hindu Trinity of Gods. The temple is houses an image of Vishnu in his fifth incarnation of wild boar and was built by the King Anaji Chauhan (1123-1150) and is equal in importance to the more well known, Brahma Temple. As per the legend, the Lord Vishnu came to earth to kill the demon Hirnayaksh who had stolen the Vedas and then took the shape of Varah (wild boar) and killed the demon thereby liberating the world from his atrocities.

Savitri Temple:
This temple is devoted to the Godess Savitri, one of Brahma's wives, and is located on the highest hill above the Pushkar town. One can climb a long series of steps to reach the shrine which offers a panoramic view of the Pushkar Lake and surrounding sand dunes.

Pap Mochini Temple : Towards the northen section of Pushkar is the Pap Mochini Temple, not really popular for its architecture or deity but for the simple belief that anyone who kills a Brahmin will be purified of this deed by visiting the Hindu temple.

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