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Nomad camp
Nomads often move and that is why they don't have permanent houses. They build temporary camps for short stays.
Pushkar, India. February 1994. The ancient town of Pushkar is a maze of twisting lanes, irregular plazas, and eclectic buildings. The old town neighborhoods are well worth a visit after the great pilgirmage sites and annual festivals.
PUSHKAR LAKE
According to Hindu scriptures, the sacred Pushkar Lake is described as “Tirtha Raj”, the king of all pilgrimage sites. Legend has it that this lake was consecrated to Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe when a lotus dropped from his hand into the vale and a lake emerged in that place. No pilgrimage is considered to be complete without a dip in in the holy Pushkar Lake. Semi-circular in shape and about 8-10 m deep, Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats (a series of steps leading to the lake), where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath, and over 400 temples. Most of these temples and ghats in Pushkar are from the 18th century and later, because many temples were destroyed during Muslim conquests in the area (11th – 13th century). Subsequently, the destroyed temples were rebuilt.
Ravi's music shop on Pushkar's main street. In recent years Ravi has been promoting concerts of Indian music in Pushkar. I keep getting emails from him but unfortunately I can't make it.
A nice 8km ride from Pushkar through hills, fields and boulder-strewn landscape, but nothing much at the site itself other than a stream and atmospherics. The temple is ASI protected, but I'm not sure if the scaffolding-work indicates that the older decorative stone-work under the thick newer plasterwork is being exposed and the plasterwork removed, or if the stone-work is being covered with more plaster.
Pushkar - Rajasthan - India - November 2012
The bonding and the thrust of relationship .. the father holding his son in his arms...with no fear of gravity, the little boy smiles and looks at the scene around at Pushkar Mela.
Nomad camp
Nomads often move and that is why they don't have permanent houses. They build temporary camps for short stays.
Pushkar Lake or Pushkar Sarovar (Sanskrit: पुष्कर-सरोवर) is located in the town of Pushkar in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan state of western India. Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures describe as it as "Tirtha-Raj" – the king of pilgrimage sites related to a water-body and relate it to the mythology of the creator-god Brahma, whose most prominent temple stands in Pushkar. The Pushkar Lake finds mention on coins as early as the 4th century BC.
Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats (a series of steps leading to the lake), where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath, especially around Kartik Poornima (October–November) when the Pushkar Fair is held. A dip in the sacred lake is believed to cleanse sins and cure skin diseases. Over 500 Hindu temples are situated around the lake precincts.
Nomad camp
Nomads often move and that is why they don't have permanent houses. They build temporary camps for short stays.
Women are instructed by their husbands not to move around without their faces covered. I tried shooting this woman's face but she refused. She said i will have to 1st seek permission from her husband and then shoot.
Pushkar - Rajasthan - India - November 2012
Temples, Prayers & Blessings - Its a temple. New Vishnu Temple. The temple is located quite adjusant the "Ghats" of Pushkar.
India. Rajasthan.
Photonegative scan.
The Bopa and Kalbeliya are very different but both are called “gypsy” in the local languages. The lowest level in the Hindu caste system, they live without permanent homes and are seen as squatters and hustlers.
Moving from place to place, sleeping beneath the stars on the outskirts of towns, the Bopa and Kalbeliya share the bad reputation of gypsies the world over. Once much sought after by kings and maharajas, they were hired to provide exotic entertainment—the Bopa are talented musicians and singers and the Kalbeliya are dancers and snake charmers. However, as royal audiences disappeared, the Bopa and Kalbeliya gypsies lost much of their livelihood. Today, they subsist as semi-nomadic street performers, traveling between fairs and festivals that draw large crowds
www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/cultures/india/kalbeliya/...
PUSHKAR LAKE
According to Hindu scriptures, the sacred Pushkar Lake is described as “Tirtha Raj”, the king of all pilgrimage sites. Legend has it that this lake was consecrated to Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe when a lotus dropped from his hand into the vale and a lake emerged in that place. No pilgrimage is considered to be complete without a dip in in the holy Pushkar Lake. Semi-circular in shape and about 8-10 m deep, Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats (a series of steps leading to the lake), where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath, and over 400 temples. Most of these temples and ghats in Pushkar are from the 18th century and later, because many temples were destroyed during Muslim conquests in the area (11th – 13th century). Subsequently, the destroyed temples were rebuilt.