Monday, December 28, 2009
Pics from Pushkar
Pushkar has the only temple to Brahma in all of India or the world. It is a holy city and many pilgrims come there. The story goes that Lord Brahma was going to marry but the bride was late so, being a punctual god, he married the first other girl he saw. When the first bride finally appeared she was so mad that she put a curse on him saying that he would only ever have one temple to him -- so there! I didn't think you could put a curse on a god but I guess you can. We walked all around Pushkar and went through the temple too.Then Kimi talked to the priest at the Sikh temple and took us on a tour there and explained his religion to us which was very interesting. Since we would not have been allowed in without him it was a real honour too.
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Our India
Cameron, Chris and Heather will travel to Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, during the 3 days before Alex arrives. We meet Alex and then set out from Delhi in the north. We travel mainly in Rajasthan, in what is called the Golden Triangle. We will visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, Jodhpur, Jaipur, often called the Pink City, Udaipur with a Palace that sits in the middle of a lake, and Pushkar, which every year has a big camel fair. Then Alex and Chris return home to university. Heather and Cameron continue and tour through parts of the south, starting in Chennai and Madurai, both in Tamil Nadu. We drive through the Western Ghats arriving in Cochin and the backwaters of Kerala. Mumbai ends our trip and home to Canada.
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