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There are five hundred
temples in and around Pushkar; many had to be rebuilt after pillaging during the
merciless rule of Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb (1656-1708), while others are recent
additions. Some, like the splendid Vishnu temple, on your right as you enter the
village from Ajmer, are out of bounds to non-Hindus.
Pushkar's most important temple, Brahmaji Mandi, houses a four-headed image of
Brahma in its main sanctuary. Raised on a stepped platform in the centre of a
courtyard, the chamber is surrounded on three sides by smaller subsidiary
shrines topped with flat roofs providing views across the desert west to
Saivitri Mandir on the summit of a nearby hill.
The one-hour climb to the top of that hill is rewarded by matchless vistas over
the town, surrounded on all sides by desert, and is best done in the evening, to
reach the summit for sunset. Gayitri Mandir, on the other hand, set on a hill
east of the town, faces east and should ideally be visited at sunrise.
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