Our next stop en route was Puskar which is an holy city for hindus as well as a very spiritual place for aging hippies (we did not fully believe that in the beginning but once we saw the tourists walking around we somhow started to believe - was quite intresting)
The city itself is rather small but has a lot of temples and "ghats" and legend has it that Brahma (one of the numerous hindu gods) once threw a flower upon that area and a lake was created.
For tourists it can be a quite dangerous place in regard to some fraud and, despite roughly reading the lonely planet advice, I (Matthias) was clever enough to give too much money to a priest (assuming he was one...) - but the good side of it is that from now on my whole family, friends and, last but not least, myself as well will indulge in everlasting happiness, wealth, and much more. (In case this won't happen I hope this priest will spent his eternal life in (hindu) hell, being forced to eat beef. Inshallah!)
Besides that we have witnessed another hindu wedding (since our trip started we have seen at least one per day) and despite them being very intresting due to being complete different, they can also be painful if the celebration/ "wedding march" takes place just opposite your hotel and the music on the street won't really stop before 1 or 2 am (didn't happen in Pushkar though but e.g. in Bikaner we have had this pleasure).
The complete set of pics from Pushkar (again, no censoring has been performed) can be found under https://picasaweb.google.com/108376587121284252497/Pushkar?authkey=Gv1sRgCLSYvOr0usqDxgE.
Unfortunately our trip through Rajasthan is coming to an end - but in a few days awesome beaches (for pronounciation purposes the non-spanish version is (currently) intended) are awaiting us...
cheerio
meerio
The city itself is rather small but has a lot of temples and "ghats" and legend has it that Brahma (one of the numerous hindu gods) once threw a flower upon that area and a lake was created.
For tourists it can be a quite dangerous place in regard to some fraud and, despite roughly reading the lonely planet advice, I (Matthias) was clever enough to give too much money to a priest (assuming he was one...) - but the good side of it is that from now on my whole family, friends and, last but not least, myself as well will indulge in everlasting happiness, wealth, and much more. (In case this won't happen I hope this priest will spent his eternal life in (hindu) hell, being forced to eat beef. Inshallah!)
Besides that we have witnessed another hindu wedding (since our trip started we have seen at least one per day) and despite them being very intresting due to being complete different, they can also be painful if the celebration/ "wedding march" takes place just opposite your hotel and the music on the street won't really stop before 1 or 2 am (didn't happen in Pushkar though but e.g. in Bikaner we have had this pleasure).
The complete set of pics from Pushkar (again, no censoring has been performed) can be found under https://picasaweb.google.com/108376587121284252497/Pushkar?authkey=Gv1sRgCLSYvOr0usqDxgE.
Unfortunately our trip through Rajasthan is coming to an end - but in a few days awesome beaches (for pronounciation purposes the non-spanish version is (currently) intended) are awaiting us...
cheerio
meerio
Der Lonely Planet hat also doch manchmal gute Tipps. Bist du dir sicher, dass sich der Typ als Priester ausgegeben hat und net als Wahrsager oder Wunderheiler? So mit eternal happiness, das klingt eher nach Wunderheiler ;)
ReplyDeleteBei Ärger über falsch investiertes Geld einfach ans alte steirische Sprichwort denken "hilfts nix, schads nix!"
Liebe Grüße nach Pushkar!
Manu
PS: ich will dann Fotos von den Maßanzügen sehen!
hey, jetzt hab ichs auch mal wieder geschafft, micht auf euren blog zu verirren.
ReplyDeletebtw: bei uns wirds jetzt auch ENDLICH ein bisschen wärmer, wir hatten gestern schon 15 grad. (wehe du lachst jetzt!)
liebe grüße aus dem inversions-wetterloch!