Excursions of Ajmer
Pushkar
For a devout Hindu Pushkar is a very important pilgrim centre, for one visit
to this holy place in a lifetime is highly prescribed.
Brahma forms the great Hindu trilogy of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, each symbolising
the lifecycle of birth, preservation and destruction. Brahma the creator is
depicted as of four bearded heads and four hands each holding a book of Vedas
(knowledge). His vehicle is the swan and his consort is Savitri.
According to the legend Pushkar means a pond created by flower, was formed when
Brahma dropped a lotus flower on the earth to determine a place for his yagna,
a holy sacrifice. The story goes that Brahma wanted to perform the yagna at
the most auspicious time but his consort Savitri whose presence at the yagna
was vital for its performance kept him waiting. Irritated by this Brahma married
Gayatri, a milkmaid and installed her instead. Savitri on seeing someone else
in her place was infuriated and cursed Brahma that he would be forgotten by
people on earth and never worshiped. She relented on pleas from other Gods that
he could only be worshiped in Pushkar, hence there are no Brahma Temples elsewhere.
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Excursions of Ajmer:
Kishangarh || Tilonia
|| Pushkar
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