There are many legends associated to the birth
of Pushkar and Pushkar Fair. One thing is clear that most of them
are associated with Lord Brahma.
It is said that
in a battle, Lord Brahma killed the demon Vajra Nabh with a lotus
flower, whose petals floated down to earth and landed in three
places in and around Pushkar where lakes sprang up.
According to another legend, back in a legendary time, Lord
Brahma was flying over the Rajasthan desert on his swan, when some
petals fell from his hand and drifted down.
Miraculously,
blue lakes sprang up where the flowers had touched the soft sands.
Just then, Lord Brahma realized that this was the auspicious moment
to perform a fire sacrifice or yagna. His wife Savitri was not with
him at that time and the yagna would be incomplete without her. So
Brahma married a local girl and sat down for the without her.
Meanwhile
Savitri landed on earth and upon finding this new bride sitting next
to Brahma, she was raged with fury and cursed him that he would
never be worshipped anywhere else on earth.
Ever since
then, when the full moon shines on Purnima during the autumn period
of kartik, the desert tribes meet to commemorate this epic event. It
is interesting to note that Brahma is not worshipped, even though he
is one of the Holy Trinity of Hinduism. |
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