{"id":5171,"date":"2016-10-05T19:47:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T19:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2018-07-31T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:58:58","slug":"how-far-is-the-pushkar-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/how-far-is-the-pushkar-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"How far is the Pushkar Fair?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mention of Pushkar\u202fMela<\/i>\u202f(fair) usually generates an excited buzz in travelers to India. Domestic and foreign tourists alike visit the fair for a glimpse and experience of Rajasthan’s intense colors and customs.<\/p>\n

However, the original fair itself started as a venue where Rajasthani farmers traded camels and cattle. Each year, in the Hindu month of Kartik, farmers from all over India’s northern state of Rajasthan converge around the Pushkar Lake (taalaab<\/i>) to participate in the Pushkar\u202fMela,\u202f<\/i>a weeklong event.\u202f<\/i>Many farmers arrive a week before the actual start of the fair, and their deals sealed, leave when the\u202fmela\u202f<\/i>starts. Many others stay and enjoy the multitude of festivities that also feature a camel race, moustache contest, and a turban (pagdi)<\/i>\u202ftying contest for foreigners. Unique handicrafts and semi-precious jewelry draw their own following. The Pushkar\u202fmela\u202f<\/i>is also an especially auspicious occasion for Hindu pilgrims who believe that all 330 million Hindu gods and goddesses are present in Pushkar Lake during the time of the fair.<\/p>\n

Although Pushkar’s main draw is the\u202fmela<\/i>, this small, ancient\u00a0town is also home to the\u00a014th-century\u00a0Jagatpita Shri Brahma temple, one of the handful of temples in India known to\u00a0be dedicated to the God Brahma.<\/p>\n

When I visited Pushkar, it was at a quieter time of the year, with few tourists visiting the temple and almost none by the Pushkar Lake. The main temple painted bright blue with orange\/red dome with a pinnacle was hard to miss; surprisingly, it lacked the hubbub of a tourist attraction and felt peacefully silent like a small village shrine where fabled monks come in search of spirituality and enlightenment.<\/p>\n

Pushkar\u202fmela\u202f<\/i>dates for this year are Nov.\u00a08-14\u00a0From Ajmer railway station, Pushkar is less than 15 kms by road. Jaipur\u00a0is also a major entry hub for\u00a0Pushkar, with many buses,\u00a0taxis, as well as package tours\u00a0plying\u00a0the\u00a0approximately\u00a0150km\u00a0route.<\/p>\nConversation: Getting to Pushkar <\/span>\n

Let\u2019s listen to this conversation of\u00a0<\/b>a\u00a0<\/b>tourist asking a tourism official for information<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n

Lady<\/b>\u00a0(tourist)<\/b>:\u00a0\u091c\u0940, \u092f\u0939\u0949\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930\u00a0\u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0926\u0942\u0930 \u0939\u0948?
\nJee, yahan se Pushkar\u00a0kitna\u00a0door hai?
\n(Excuse me,\u00a0how far is\u00a0Puskhar\u00a0from here?)<\/p>\n

Man (tourism official)<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0\u091c\u0940, \u0932\u0917\u092c\u0918 \u0967\u096b\u0966 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b\u092e\u0940\u091f\u0930\u0964
\nJee, lagbhag 150 km.
\n(Approximately 150 km.)<\/p>\n

Lady<\/b>:\u00a0\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e\u0964 \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902?
\nAccha. Wahan kaise jaate hain?
\n(OK. How does one get there?)<\/p>\n

Man<\/b>:\u00a0\u0906\u092a \u092c\u0938 \u092f\u093e \u091f\u0948\u0915\u094d\u0938\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964
\nAap bus ya taxi se jaa sakti hain..
\n(You can go by bus or taxi.)<\/p>\n

Lady<\/b>:\u00a0\u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u0947\u0917\u0940?
\nKitni der lagegi?
\n(How long will that take?)<\/p>\n

Man<\/b>:\u00a0\u0922\u093e\u0908-\u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0918\u0902\u091f\u0947\u0964
\nUmmm …\u00a0Dhaai\u00a0– teen ghante.
\n(Ummm, about 2 \u00bd to 3 hours.)<\/p>\n

Lady:<\/b>\u00a0\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0905\u092c \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0932\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0948?
\nKya ab Pushkar mela jaari hai?
\n(Is the\u00a0Puskhar\u00a0Fair going on now?)<\/p>\n

Man<\/b>:\u00a0\u091c\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0964
\nJee nahin.
\n(No.)<\/p>\n

Lady<\/b>:\u00a0\u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u092e\u0948\u0902?
\nPushkar mein aur kya dekh\u00a0sakti\u00a0hoon main?
\n(What else can I see in\u00a0Puskhar?)<\/p>\n

Man:<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>\u0906\u092a \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090a\u0901\u0920, \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u093e\u092c, \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e\u093e\u091c\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 \u091c\u0917\u0939 \u0939\u0948\u0964
\nAap\u00a0Pushkar mein oonth, Pushkar taalaab, aur Brahmaji ka mandir dekh sakte hain. Pushkar sundar jagah hai.
\n(In\u00a0Puskhar\u00a0you can see camels, the Pushkar Lake, and the Brahma Temple.\u00a0Puskhar\u00a0is a beautiful place.)<\/p>\n

Lady<\/b>:\u00a0\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0964
\nDhanyawaad.
\n(Thank you.)<\/p>\n

Conversation vocabulary: <\/span>
\nThe words in bold are transliterations and pronunciations.<\/p>\n

\u092f\u0939\u0949\u0902 \u0938\u0947\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Yahaan<\/i><\/b>\u00a0se<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0from here\u00a0(yahaan<\/i><\/b>=here\u00a0se<\/i><\/b>=from)
\n\u092e\u0947\u0932\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0m<\/i><\/b>e<\/i><\/b>la<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(<\/b>may-<\/b>laa<\/b>)<\/b>\u00a0— fair
\n\u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0kitni<\/i><\/b>\u00a0— how much? For example:\u00a0kitni<\/i><\/b>\u00a0door<\/i><\/b>\u00a0= how far?\u00a0Kitni acchi<\/i><\/b>\u00a0= how nice
\n\u0926\u0942\u0930 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0door\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(rhymes with moor) —\u00a0far
\n\u0939\u0948 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0h<\/i><\/b>ai<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(hay<\/b>) \u2013\u00a0is
\n\u091c\u0940 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0jee\u00a0<\/i><\/b>—\u00a0<\/i>a\u00a0term that denotes respect;
\ncan be used independently or as\u00a0a prefix or suffix
\n\u0932\u0917\u092c\u0918 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0lagbagh\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(lug-bug)<\/b>\u00a0—\u00a0<\/i><\/b>approximately
\n\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0accha<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(a-<\/b>cchhaa)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OK\/I see
\n\u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0wahaan\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(wa-haan)<\/b>\u00a0— there
\n\u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0kaise<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(kay<\/b>-say<\/b>) \u2013\u00a0\u00a0how
\n\u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0jaate hain<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0get\/go;\u00a0jaate\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is a conjugation of the root verb\u00a0\u00a0jaana\u00a0<\/i><\/b>= to go.
\n\u0906\u092a \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0aap\u00a0<\/i><\/b>—\u00a0<\/i>you (second person with respect)
\n\u091c\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0jaa sakti hain<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(jaa suck-tee hayn)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0can go
\n(sakti<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(female) = conjugation of\u00a0sakna<\/i><\/b>\u00a0= can, or to be able)
\n\u0926\u0947\u0930 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0der\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(<\/b>dayr<\/b>)\u00a0<\/b>— long\/time
\n\u0932\u0917\u0947\u0917\u0940 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0lagegi \u2013\u00a0<\/i><\/b>to take;\u00a0conjugation of\u00a0lagna\u00a0<\/i><\/b>= to take.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>ya<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0or<\/p>\n

\u0922\u093e\u0908-\u0924\u0940\u0928 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0dhaaee<\/i><\/b>-teen<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>— 2 \u00bd-3
\n\u0918\u0902\u091f\u0947 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0ghun-<\/i><\/b>tay<\/i><\/b>\u00a0— hours
\n\u0905\u092c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0ab<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(ub\u00a0<\/b>rhymes with sub)\u00a0—\u00a0<\/b>now
\n\u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0jaari\u00a0<\/i><\/b>— going on
\n\u0914\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0aur kya<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(ore kya)\u00a0<\/b>— what else
\n\u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u00a0\u00a0dekh\u00a0<\/i><\/b>sakti<\/i><\/b>\u00a0hoon<\/i><\/b>\u00a0— can see; dekhna = to see
\n\u090a\u0901\u0920 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0oonth<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 camel
\n\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e\u093e\u091c\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u00a0\u00a0Brahmaji<\/i><\/b>\u00a0ka mandir<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(Brahma-jee ka mun-deer)\u00a0<\/b>— literally,\u00a0Brahma’s\u00a0temple
\n\u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u093e\u092c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Pushkar<\/i><\/b>\u00a0taalaab<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Pushkar\u00a0lake
\n\u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sundar\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(<\/b>soon-durr)<\/b>\u00a0—\u00a0beautiful
\n\u091c\u0917\u0939 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0jagah\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(jug-eh)<\/b>\u00a0—\u00a0place
\n\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0dhanyawaad\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(dhun-ya-vaad; the first syllable rhymes with “bun”)\u00a0<\/b>— thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mention of Pushkar\u202fMela\u202f(fair) usually generates an excited buzz in travelers to India. Domestic and foreign tourists alike visit the fair for a glimpse and experience of Rajasthan’s intense colors and customs. However, the original fair itself started as a venue where Rajasthani farmers traded camels and cattle. Each year, in the Hindu month of…<\/p>\n

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