Rajasthan · West
PushkarPuṣkara
Lake town of the Jagatpita Brahma Mandir, one of the very few temples to Brahma
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- Principal temple
- Jagatpita Brahma Mandir (Brahma Temple)Brahma (four-headed), with his consort Gayatri
- Nearest airport
- Kishangarh Airport (KQH), ~45 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pushkar Terminus, connected to Ajmer Junction (AII), ~14 km
- Tradition
- Vaiṣṇava · Śākta
Overview
Pushkar is an ancient temple town on the shore of Pushkar Lake, about 10 km northwest of Ajmer in Rajasthan. Tradition holds that Brahma dropped a lotus here, creating the lake, and the town is named after the Sanskrit word for lotus; the lake, ringed by 52 ghats, is revered as Tirtha Raj, the king of pilgrimage sites. Its red-spired Brahma Temple is one of the very few temples dedicated to Brahma, and the town hosts the annual Pushkar Fair around Kartik Purnima.
See sources [1–8]- Brahma (four-headed), with his consort Gayatri
- Savitri, Brahma's first wife (with Gayatri)
- Rangji, a form of Vishnu
Main temples
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