It’s a colourful market and red and orange are the favourite
shades. There are no surprises here. Souvenirs start with trademark
turbans and almost every stall has plenty to lure you
Puppets and traditional dolls hang in the air as they waltz in the
breeze. A man sits in the corner making them and getting his shop
ready for foreign tourists who, he says, love them.
And here are more puppets, dancing, playing the dandiya, as they
lend a peaceful and innocent side to the town.
move onto more appetising shops. Here is a lane that sells all
kinds of sweets and savouries while local chefs are busy preparing
them hot
Malpua being prepared fresh. It is one of the delicacies of Pushkar
and both locals and tourists swear by the shops in the markets that
sell them.
a fetish for namkeen, here you go. Oozing with oil but absolutely
delicious.
Street food gets hipper. From local vendors sweating it out, you
suddenly have funky eateries where you can do a bit of monkeying
around.
And then you have coffee shops with their kitschy design, trying to
be a mix of retro-cool and wannabe contemporary
In a dark dingy alley, Pink Floyd lives on. And how!
This board takes you to another side of Pushkar, symbolising
another side of this holy town.
