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Introduction:
According to the Hindu myths, it is believed that the Gods unconfined a swan with a lotus in its beak and they allow it to fall on the earth where Lord Brahma was guessed to carry out a yagna. The place where the lotus fell was named as Pushkar.
The city of Pushkar is situated in the state of Rajasthan in India. The town of Pushkar is a chief tourist attraction in Rajasthan and the place is crowded by tourists all through the year from all over the country and other places of the world.
Pushkar is located at a distance of 14 kilometers from the district of Ajmer, and is believed to be one of the 5 sacred dhams or places of pilgrimage for the Hindus. The holy city of Pushkar is also known as the King of Pilgrimage Sites or 'Tirth Raj'.
The city of Pushkar is placed on the shore of the Pushkar Lake. There are 52 ghats on the shores of the Pushkar Lake, where the pilgrims descend to take a holy dip in the sacred waters. The small town of Pushkar has 5 main temples and many smaller temples.
About Varah Temple:
The Varah Temple houses a figure of Lord Vishnu in the avatar of wild boar. The temples of Lord Brahma and Varah are considered uniformly significant. According to the mythology, the Varah Temple is a very important temple. It is believed that Lord Vishnu came on the earth in the incarnation of Varah (Wild boar) to destroy the devil Hirnayaksh and set the land free from his violence. The Varah Temple of Pushkar was built in the 12th century and, and the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is known to have ruined it. Aurangzeb was justifiably quite disappointed with the enormous statue of Varah, the god with the body of a man and the head of a wild boar. On the other hand, Raja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur thought another way, and in 1727 remodeled the Varah Temple which now has a vastly bedecked inner chamber where an idol of Varah is placed.
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