Pushkar disappeared in a whirl. No sooner had I arrived when I realized it's almost time to leave. A week has flown by, since the lakeside priest gave me my Pushkar puma passport. And I have been pulled under Pushkar's skin. I haven't made any big trips to local temples or taken part in anything more exciting than a piddling uncomfortable Camel ride at sunset that even came thought was deadly dull. Yet I feel I have been deeply engaged through all my waking hours. I arrived with low expectations and a little sceptical. I leave impressed and refreshed. As another of India's holiest destinations, there is definitely an energy that seems to eclipse all the rampant commercialism that no on can escape. Here a few pics that don't really do the place justice.
What a terrible image with the exhausted camel you have posted!(( I'm deeply impressed with the poverty this place is characterized with...
ReplyDeleteCamels do that, they like to sprawl out and snooze at every opportunity :-)
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