Pushkar

We left Jaipur and traveled to Pushkar for one night. This was a beautiful old hotel and it felt like we were staying at a spa. It was calm and peaceful which gave us a nice reprieve from the noisy streets. Although we did walk to the ghats one night to experience the spirituality of the place. We went down to the water and we were told to take off our shoes and sit by the water. Then we had a ceremony where we had a brahma blessing with flowers and rice. He said some things that we did not understand in Hindi and then we were asked to think of our families. Then we were told to make a wish and throw our flowers into the water. Afterwards I had to throw rice behind me and Troy and I had string bracelets tied to our wrists. Then Troy had to sit and hold a coconut while he contemplated how much of a "donation" to give. We hope it went to the poor as we were told that it would. Either way, it was a beautiful ceremony and all of us except Jaden left with bindis on our foreheads. They stick rice in your bindi too so it felt a little weird walking around like that but it was one of those great experiences of life.