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Bible Encyclopedias
Pushkar
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of British India, in Ajmere district, Rajputana, 7 m. N. of Ajmere town. Pop. (1901), 3831. It derives its name from a small lake among the hills, 2389 ft. above the sea, in which Brahma is once said to have bathed as a penance. It contains oneof the very few temples, in all India, dedicated to Brahma. At the annual celebration (Oct. - Nov.) about too,000 pilgrims come to bathe in the lake.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pushkar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pushkar.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pushkar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pushkar.html. 1910.
