After Mumbai I went to Pushkar, site of an annual camel fair that has become a major tourist attraction. The town is centred on a small lake surrounded by desert. The lake is considered sacred by Hindus, so the town is also a significant pilgrimage destination.
Pushkar is 10km from Ajmer
Rural railway station en route to Ajmer
I enter Pushkar on a handcart
My hotel, Pushkar Palace (centre)
Lakeside terrace (foreground) and dining room terrace of Pushkar Palace Hotel (centre)
View from my balcony with telephoto lens
Women on lake shore (with tele lens)
A snake charmer
Entrance to a temple (centre)
Same street, further along
A sadhu
Sadhus and part of the main street
Sadhus and cow with an extra leg
Woman with a street stall
Camels as far as the eye can see
A camel watching me
Friendly local women
Camels and cameleers
Boys with camels
Camels drinking at a well
All the fun of the fair
Women wearing a variety of Indian regional dress
Jain temple at the far end of the lake
Shrine inside same temple
View of the Jain temple from across the lake
View of town from the Jain temple
Family group outside the Jain temple
Same street; animals everywhere
My new friend Sita, in front of a rose farm
Sita and family at home
Leafy country lane - a surprise in arid Rajasthan!