Eclectic Pushkar. People, funfair and adventures.

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Camels and carnivals are not the only flavours of Pushkar. Pushkar is also about a cohesive pattern of vibrant townscape, a placid lake with heritage, people with vivid ethnicity, royal parades and adventures on hot-air balloons. 
Being surrounded by 52 bathing ghats, the tranquil Pushkar lake has a buzz around it. Families, old and young, ascetics and believers, all flock in for a holy dip, especially during the days of the fair. Narrow winding roads come alive with a diverse framework of colourful people and street food entwined to form a vibrant structure. Lip-smacking Poha, sugarcane juice and a wide variety of mithais make up for the multifarious food options.






With a content stomach and more excitment running through my curious soul, I wander along the close-packed streets. I am lucky to catch the Royal Parade with its entourage of vivid finery and decor. This parade marks the conclusion of the fair. On this day the royals and commoners all come together on the streets of Pushkar to head to the Brahma temple for spiritual offerings. Pushkar hosts the only Brahma temple in the entire world. It is a visual treat to remember.
 
The adventures of the day continue in the hot-air ballon ride that takes off from the stadium in Pushkar. Tourists as well as locals gather to see this spectacle of the huge balloons blowing up into a mammoth magnificence which then gently alights and drits off into the blue horizon with its riders. The fuzz of the fair continues with food, shopping and steaming cups of masala tea.





Amidst all the amusement the day speeds by and along with the sunset the neon lights come up. The funfair lights up to spread merriment before the curtains come down and the wait for the forthcoming year begins.



It is a beautiful end to a vibrant, spirited tour packed with buoyant, joyful experiences to take back home. Memories that will errupt once in a while whenever and wherever I see camels strutting along with the sun peeping behind them.


Parade photograph credits: TJ Gulati.




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  1. Unknown17 December 2015 at 06:18

    Very nice recount of an entire day spent at the Pushkar fair with inviting propositions of lip smacking foods and ganne ka juice. The landscape and the entire gamut of the mela is perfectly narrated and the wonderful pics do certainly compliment the narrative. A day tour well depicted. Keep the show going great guns.

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