Pilgrims At A Bathing Ghat At Pushkar's Holy Lake Editorial Photo

PUSHKAR, INDIA - OCT 20: people at rituell washing in the holy lake on Oct 20,2012 in Pushkar, India. A ritual bath in the Lake is considered to lead one to salvation. Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures describe as it as Tirtha-Raj – the king of pilgrimage sites related to a water-body and relate it to the mythology of the creator-god Brahma, whose most prominent temple stands in Pushkar. The Pushkar Lake finds mention on coins as early as the 4th century BC. Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats (a series of steps leading to the lake), where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath.