Images from Pushkar fair (India), November 2011. It's a town of about 25000 in central Rajasthan, filled with temples and shrines, where pilgrims in saris the color of cotton candy share the streets with backpackers in hippie garb during this festival. According to legend, the town was created by a lotus from the hand of Brahma, the world's creator, and until recently the town was about as quiet as that falling flower petal. But Pushkar is changing over the past few years, as any local will...
more »Images from Pushkar fair (India), November 2011. It's a town of about 25000 in central Rajasthan, filled with temples and shrines, where pilgrims in saris the color of cotton candy share the streets with backpackers in hippie garb during this festival. According to legend, the town was created by a lotus from the hand of Brahma, the world's creator, and until recently the town was about as quiet as that falling flower petal. But Pushkar is changing over the past few years, as any local will tell you...yet still presents a glimpse of what rural India is....religious, chaotic, colourful and full of surprises.
« less
