PUSHKAR- the 'Pilgrim City' is a picturesque town 14 kms. from Ajmer, known for its temples and lake, the Nag pahar (Snake Mountain), which forms a part of chain of the Aravali range, stands between Ajmer and Pushkar. The road from Ajmer to Pushkar is a very interesting drive as the road winds through the Nag Pahar, leading to the ancient lake. The town situated around the beautiful lake is surrounded on the three sides by hills, while the fourth side cordoned by the sands which have drifted from the plains of Marwar.
 
It is one of the most revered places of Hindus and referred as Tirth Raj' or the king among pilgrims, just as Banaras is their 'guru' or preceptor. No pilgrimage to Badri Narain (Himalayas), Jagannath (Orissa), Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) and Dwarka (Gujarat) the four principal Hindu places of pilgrimage is complete till the pilgrims bath in the sacred waters of Pushkar.

According to Padam Puran, the Hindu religious text, Lord Brahma was in search of suitable place for a Vedic yagna. While contemplating, a lotus fell down from his hand on the earth and water spurted from three places one of them was Pushkar and Brahma decided to perform his yagna over here.

The beautiful Pushkar Lake is a sanctified spot, and considered as old as the creation, and has been a place of pilgrimage since time immemorial, surrounded by 52 bathing ghats, where people come to take a dip with deep religious faith rooted in their hearts. Pushkar has with stood the test of time, and has been a mute witness to the procession of history from the time of Rama, the hero of the earliest Hindu Epic Ramayana, to Fa-Hien's accounts of Pushkar in 4th century AD., and to the time of Muslim invasion.

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