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Pushkar

Photographs of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India. Pushkar is a magical oasis, the antidote to all that is heavy and gloomy about India, a place of wide smiles, gorgeous landscapes, and irrepressible spirit. It’s a land of flower farms, oxcarts, ladies carrying pots on their heads, schoolkids with huge smiles walking alongside water buffalo, past wheat fields full of peacocks and monkeys. Pushkar itself is a tiny town of about 20,000 people, sometimes cynically dismissed as nothing but a tourist bazaar, for most people Pushkar is nothing more than the annual camel fair (Pushkar Mela). This is a woefully ignorant perspective though. Pushkar is an ecosystem, a collection of dozens of villages, carved out of the Thar desert and the ancient Aravali mountains, with deep traditions and a distinct, beautiful, and engaging culture. It’s one of the most important of Hindu holy places and pilgrimage sites, where Brahma dropped a flower from heaven to form Pushkar Lake. It is quintessentially Rajasthani, with a strong distinct culture of dress, dance, song, art, music, agriculture, and food.

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Tourists ride camels in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Tourists ride camels in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Fishing boat on Ana Sagar lake at sunrise, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Fishing boat on Ana Sagar lake at sunrise, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Vegetables at a food stall at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Vegetables at a food stall at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A girl in her sari and jewelry in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A girl in her sari and jewelry in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Traditional woman with cataracts, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Traditional woman with cataracts, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Street dog puppy in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Taken one day before the puppy perished from sickness.
Street dog puppy in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Taken one day before the puppy perished from sickness.
A sadhu wrings his dreadlocks while bathing in Pushkar Lake, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A sadhu wrings his dreadlocks while bathing in Pushkar Lake, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy drinks from a metal water pot at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy drinks from a metal water pot at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A rickshaw driver shares a moment with his son, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A rickshaw driver shares a moment with his son, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy hangs out on a motorcycle at night, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy hangs out on a motorcycle at night, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Night view of Gurudwara Singh Sabha Sikh temple, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. In the distant left is the mountaintop Savitiri t...
Night view of Gurudwara Singh Sabha Sikh temple, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. In the distant left is the mountaintop Savitiri temple.
A woman weights peppers for a customer at a vegetable market, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A woman weights peppers for a customer at a vegetable market, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Tourists ride camels in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Tourists ride camels in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A man with tonsure or shaved head for religious devotion during pilgrimage to Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A man with tonsure or shaved head for religious devotion during pilgrimage to Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Traditional Rajasthani man smoking at a market in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Candid with candid background.
Traditional Rajasthani man smoking at a market in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Candid with candid background.
A street dog rests near chapati bread laid out by a good samaritan, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A street dog rests near chapati bread laid out by a good samaritan, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy collects donations during Kartik Purnima, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy collects donations during Kartik Purnima, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A dalit girl does a contortion act for no one at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Such girls are deprived a...
A dalit girl does a contortion act for no one at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Such girls are deprived an education, make almost no money, and endanger their health with the routines they do. There wasn't even anyone watching.
A street dog with severe mange eats milk and biscuits provided by tourists, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. The dog was later save...
A street dog with severe mange eats milk and biscuits provided by tourists, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. The dog was later saved by the NGO TOLFA in Pushkar.
Silhouette of beaded necklaces at a market stall in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Silhouette of beaded necklaces at a market stall in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A street dog eats food provided by good Samaritans near the Gurudwara Singh Sabha Sikh, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A street dog eats food provided by good Samaritans near the Gurudwara Singh Sabha Sikh, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A person lights a diya to set it out on Pushkar Lake as an act of prayer, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A person lights a diya to set it out on Pushkar Lake as an act of prayer, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Young ladies in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Young ladies in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A dalit girl does a contortion act for no one at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Such girls are deprived a...
A dalit girl does a contortion act for no one at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Such girls are deprived an education, make almost no money, and endanger their health with the routines they do. There wasn't even anyone watching.
Miss Rinku, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Miss Rinku, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Thar Desert wildflower near Amba village, Rajasthan, India
Thar Desert wildflower near Amba village, Rajasthan, India
A man sleeps on the purple porch of a temple after the Holi Festival, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A man sleeps on the purple porch of a temple after the Holi Festival, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Street dogs sleep on a porch in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Street dogs sleep on a porch in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Motorcycle with a license plate reading "Animal Care Society," Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Motorcycle with a license plate reading "Animal Care Society," Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy rides on his father's shoulders in a market in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy rides on his father's shoulders in a market in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Children in Kharekhari village near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Children in Kharekhari village near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Long exposure of people dancing at night in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Long exposure of people dancing at night in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Worker at a restaurant in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Worker at a restaurant in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy dresses as Shiva in blue with a yellow tripundra to pose for photos with tourists, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A boy dresses as Shiva in blue with a yellow tripundra to pose for photos with tourists, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Pushkar Lake and Gayatri temple, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Pushkar Lake and Gayatri temple, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
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