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BRAHMA TEMPLE PUSHKAR 

BRAHMA TEMPLE PUSHKAR

Jagatpita Brahma Mandir (Hindi: जगत्-पिता ब्रह्मा मंदिर) could be a Hindu temple located at Pushkar within the Indian state of Rajasthan, near the sacred Pushkar Lake to that its legend has AN unerasable link. The temple is one in all only a few existing temples dedicated to the Hindu creator-god Brahma in Republic of India and remains the foremost distinguished among them. though this temple structure dates to the fourteenth century, the temple is believed to be 2000 years recent. The temple is especially designed of marble and stone stabs. it's a definite red pinnacle (shikhara) and a hamsa bird motif. The temple sanctum sanctorum holds the central pictures of Brahma and his second consort Gayatri. The temple is ruled by the Hindu (ascetic) sect community. On Hindu calendar month Poornima, a pageant dedicated to Brahma is command once sizable amount of pilgrims visit the temple, when bathing within the sacred lake. in line with the Hindu scripture Padma Sanskrit literature, Brahma saw the demon Vajranabha (Vajranash in another version) attempting to kill his youngsters and harassing folks. He immediately slew the demon along with his weapon, the lotus-flower. In this process, the lotus petals fell on the ground at three places, creating three lakes: the Pushkar Lake or Jyeshta Pushkar (greatest or first Pushkar), the Madya Pushkar (middle Pushkar) Lake, and Kanishta Pushkar (lowest or youngest Pushkar) lake. When Brahma came down to the earth, he named the place where the flower ("pushpa") fell from Brahma's hand ("kar") as "Pushkar".

Brahma then decided to perform a yajna (fire-sacrifice) at the main Pushkar Lake. To perform his yajna peacefully without being attacked by the demons, he created the hills around the Pushkar — Ratnagiri in the south, Nilgiri in the north, Sanchoora in the west and Suryagiri in the east — and positioned gods there to protect the yajna performance. However, while performing the yajna, his wife Savitri (or Sarasvati in some versions) could not be present at the designated time to perform the essential part of the yajna as she was waiting for her companion goddesses Lakshmi, Parvati and Indrani. So Brahma married Gurjar girl, Gayatri and completed the yajna with his new consort sitting beside him, holding the pot of amrita (elixir of life) on her head and giving ahuti (offering to the sacrificial fire). When Savitri finally arrived at the venue she found Gayatri sitting next to Brahma which was her rightful place. Agitated, she cursed Brahma that he would be never worshipped, but then reduced the curse permitting his worship in Pushkar. Savitri also cursed Indra to be easily defeated in battles, Vishnu to suffer the separation from his wife as a human, the fire-god Agni who was offered the yajna to be all-devouring and the priests officiating the yajna to be poor. Endowed by the powers of yajna, Gayatri diluted Savitri's curse, blessing Pushkar to be the king of pilgrimages, Indra would always retain his heaven, Vishnu would be born as the human Rama and finally unite with his consort and the priests would become scholars and be venerated.

Thus, the Pushkar temple is regarded the only temple dedicated to Brahma. Savitri, thereafter, moved into the Ratnagiri hill and became a part of it by emerging as a spring known as the Savitri Jharna (stream); a temple in her honour exists here. Pushkar is said to have over 500 temples (80 are large and the rest are small); of these many are old that were destroyed or desecrated by Muslim depredations during Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's rule (1658–1707) but were re-built subsequently; of these the most important is the Brahma temple. Though the current structure dates to the 14th century, the original temple is believed to be 2000 years old. The temple is described to have been built by sage Vishwamitra after Brahma's yagna. It is also believed that Brahma himself chose the location for his temple. The 8th century Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara renovated this temple, while the current medieval structure dates to Maharaja Jawat Raj of Ratlam, who made additions and repairs, though the original temple design is retained. Pushkar is often described in the scriptures as the only Brahma temple in the world, owing to the curse of Savitri, and as the "King of the sacred places of the Hindus". Although now the Pushkar temple does not remain the only Brahma temple, it is still one of very few existing temples dedicated to Brahma in India and the most prominent one dedicated to Brahma. International Business Times has known Pushkar Lake and the Brahma temple as one of the 10 most non secular places in the world and one of the 5 sacred journey places for the Hindus, in India.