Pigs and monkeys forage for food in the rubbish
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
We met these ladies on their pilgrimage to Pushkar which is the only place you can come to worship Lord Brahma. The red headed European is one of our tour group Kirsty from UK.
The Colour Run recreational activity at home originated in Hindu tradition. You throw colour and water over yourself, family and friends to clear any bad feelings, sins, past hurts and start a clean slate together.
Temple
Brahma Temple
Some of the group at dinner at a local family's home. Murray and I are in the top left corner. The host mother is in the centre of the group, with the headscarf and shawl.
Colour at the market
Kids on the walk up to a Temple and a grand view
Kids Mark 2
The grand view back to town from the mountain temple. Unfortunately there is a lot of smog in India (the locals swear it is 'fog' but in my opinion it is too grey/brown to be just fog).The water in the foreground may be sewage ponds. The water in the centre back is the Lake and Ghats in the centre of Puchkar where people bath to purify themselves. Pushkar only exists for pilgrimages to visit the only Brahma temple - which is one of the seven places you need to visit in this life to get you closer to Nirvana in your next life...
An Indian Bee Eater
(Above) Street life. The big brass pots on the motor bike are used to carry milk.
(Below) Sweet Shop. We are buying lollies like when we were kids... Picking 5 of these and 4 of those... we get 40 individually wrapped lollies for R30 - about 60cents.
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