Pushkar, India Travel Blogs

Pushkar - It's legal here????
Nov 29, 2008 (7 photos)

... at 60 mph through a crowded street and cow's like to have a toilet break in the middle of the road now and again!! Pushkar is a fascinating place - it is a Hindu pilgrimage town with a huge number of temples and a holy lake which is said to have ...

Ripped Off, good karma?
Oct 10, 2005 (2 photos)

... , only when he went away and started digging into to his 5 slice wedge bread sandwhich did we relize we had been diddled. anyway,pushkar itself is a very holy place, and no meat is served anywhere, or alcohol,so i'd already fallen out of love with it ...

Are we having fun yet?!
Jan 8, 2004 (4 photos)

... Ajmer from Pushkar we broke down. After about 10 icy long minutes we were on our way again, until we stopped just outside Pushkar at a ramshackle building manned by a dodgy old guy wanting us to fork over money for the 'Pushkar passenger tax', what a ...

Taxi!
Dec 16, 2004 (4 photos)

... to get on one - they should carry signs saying 'Death Trap'. This left only one option if we were going to make it to Pushkar before our time in India ran out - a taxi. After much to-ing & fro-ing at the hotel & much haggling we agreed on a price ...

Pushkar hippy parade
Nov 12, 2004 (4 photos)

... Well everyone in Jaipur was up to no good it seemed, except for the guy who sold me my sandals, which seem quite nice. Pushkar is a different world, but its full of hippies. That's kind of nice though, things aren't so fast paced and people are only ...

Flower Pushers, Sadhus, and Hippies
Oct 30, 2004 (5 photos)

... , weeks, even months at a time. Perhaps this has affected the behavior of the local merchants, as the shopping in Pushkar was remarkably pleasant; the relaxed atmosphere, decent starting prices (from which to haggle), and the non-pushy shopkeepers made it ...

Sunset Camel Safari + Rob could have been jailed!?
Feb 16, 2007 (29 photos)

... the city. It's hippyville with more old white hippy dropouts than Indians. A bit like an Indian Byron Bay. Pushkar is home to the main Brahma temple in India and one of the most famous Hindu towns. Hindus come to bathe in the lake to wash away their ...

Camels and Curses.
Jun 3, 2005 (8 photos)

... of town at the foot of the nearby hills which seperate pushkar from Ajmer (a nearby town and a major pilgrimage site for Muslims). Pushkar has a reputation for being a very laid back place (a bit of a 'hippy' hang out) and one which attracts a lot of ...

paint wars
Mar 7, 2007 (15 photos)

... floor. I am mesmerized by the rhythms of this place and observe the hushed activity unfolding before my eyes. The days in Pushkar pass quickly with morning slipping into afternoon and suddenly to inky night. The passage of time is barely noticed by me ...

Farting camels Desert Driving
Feb 22, 2006

... any of the sightseeing musts! All we've managed to achieve is spending heaps of money buying up large - Pushkar is one of the cheapest places in India to by trinkets and the like... hence us spending a fortune! Yesterday there was a Festival of the ...

Instant karma and camels galore
Nov 19, 2004 (7 photos)

... for a 10-day camping trek to Jaisalmer! And have spent some good times with 2 fab Dutchies, Gina and Barbara. They're India/Pushkar experts, having been here before, so they've been showing me the ropes. Besides the normal festival fun, we've been on the ...

Camelled out!
Nov 20, 2004

... India to trade their animals. A desert area filled with tens of thousands of camels is indeed an impressive sight. The days in Pushkar have started to take a familiar pattern. Get up early and head out to the camel grounds for a few hours, say from ...

Fair, enough!
Nov 27, 2004 (4 photos)

... stop-over in Alwar (via Delhi, again, OK so we caught the wrong train, it had to happen sooner or later) before arriving in Pushkar, Rajasthan in time for the annual camel fair. It seems the camels had caught wind of our plans and had left en masse 2 days ...

Pushkar
Jan 3, 2008 (41 photos)

... female host offered 2000 rupees to her faux priest. (That's about $50 to my $5). Thank you Lonely Planet. We enjoyed Pushkar. The people were friendly, it was special and tranquil around the lake, our hotel had a magnificent view of the ghats, and ...

POOshkar
Dec 10, 2007 (9 photos)

... photograph pilgrims bathing in the lake, but that other photos of the scenery were permissible. Other rules that are particular to Pushkar include the following:   1. No Alcohol, Meat, or Eggs (Dairy, OK)   2. No bare shoulders or otherwise indecent apparel ...

The Israeli Vacation Spot
May 3, 2005 (5 photos)

... dip in the holy lake. The small lake, about 1 km in circumference, is considered sacred and people from all over India come to Pushkar to have a dip in the lake. Pushkar is a very popular destination for young Israelis who just finished their military ...

Backpackerville
Nov 18, 2004

... only person there that wasn't enjoying a joint or a bong for breakfast. I stuck with the more traditional coffee. The town Pushkar is a compact little holy town, with a lake that is sacred to the Hindus. It is one of those classic backpacker hangout ...

The Big Sylvester in the Desert
Jan 2, 2005 (2 photos)

... city, Ajmer. I travelled there with the intention of buying a bit of booze for the New Year festivities. Did I mention that Pushkar is a holy town where meat, Alcohol and even eggs are banned? Perhaps this fact was the start of my troubles? As the day ...

The holy lake
Apr 7, 2008

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Hippy Heaven in Peaceful Pushkar
Feb 14, 2003 (1 photos)

... lake which I highly recommend, and then left to go back to Hotel. That night we met a few other travellers, (of which Pushkar is overloaded) within our hotel. A couple of girls from England, A couple from England, and a Dutch guy. Nice enough but not ...

Pushkar - the land of lost souls...
Mar 16, 2005 (5 photos)

... like they have a lot of power over the citizens. In the evening time, we have been going out to the lake. Pushkar's beautiful lake is situated for a romantic view of the sunset and sunrise. At night, everyone (tourists and locals) gathers around the ...

Holy Flower, Holy Lake...yah, my ass.
Jun 12, 2006 (8 photos)

Made it into Pushkar. We even managed to find cheap accomidation with a pool! Really is a lovely little city and we wished we had more time to see the place. Just watch out for the holy men pushing flowers.

Hello all i left delhi on the 4th and ...
Feb 6, 2001

... ... first bus to Pushkar was booked as soon as possible. I stayed one night and ate at an overpriced restuarant. boo. Pushkar on the other hand is a beautiful small town built around a holy lake. Apparently the Creator Lord Brahma dropped his lotus ...

And so we begin................
Jan 29, 2003 (1 photos)

... you know you have a long way to go to get to safety! On first impressions (we've only been here a couple of hours) Pushkar seems pleasant enough but I shall let you know of more experiences at a later date. So, onto Pushkar, just outside of Ajmer in ...

Special Pushkar
Sep 30, 2006 (8 photos)

... roof we got to see the amazing view and all the monkeys jumping around! Unknotting Beth's hair was not as fun though! The hotel in Pushkar was probably the nicest we've stayed in (and still only 4 pounds a night!) and had a gorgeous outside pool. As a ...

Crashed and ambushed!!
Aug 24, 2003 (2 photos)

... . They said later that our bus almost ran into theirs so they all jumped out and confronted our driver. Eventually arrive in Pushkar, a little late, a little warm, but mostly just very relieved to have made it in one piece. The joys of Indian travel!

You've never seen so many camels
Oct 30, 2006

... is electricity here in the desert. Yesterday and today we've spent our time in the sun and sand ... and poop that is the Pushkar camel and cattle fair. It's also a big tourist event, so there's a lot of white person ogling and selling, too. Both of us ...

Pushkar camel festival
Nov 27, 2007

... that reeked of raw sewage then you can imagine, and ate some great food.  Speaking of food We were traveling in Pushkar about a day after thanksgiving had happened in the states. Now Pushkar is a strict no drugs (except some legal marijuana drink), ...

Pushkar
Feb 29, 2008

... I mentioned earlier, following the Hindu tenet of ahimsa (non violence/non injury) no meet, eggs or narcotics are allowed in Pushkar.  However, we've seen several vendors here hitting cows and "holy men" beating small dogs.  While the town center is out of ...

Playing in Pushkar
Mar 19, 2007 (7 photos)

... upon her inhabitants. After doing a wedding party up in Delhi, I decided to take off on my own to Pushkar, one of the holiest towns in India. When I arrived, I was so happy to see the simple devotion expressed along the ghats that surround the natural ...