"Pushkar is a place highly venerated by the Hindus, as Ajmer is by the Mussalmans. The town is situated on the shores of a romantic Pohkar or lake, from which it takes its name. It is at Pushkar alone that the image of Brahma, at least of any celebrity, is to be seen; his temple is close to the margin of the lake — small, plain and evidently very ancient. The image which is about the size of a man, has four faces and is in a sitting posture, cross-legged. The temple of Varahji, as it now stands, presents only the small remains of the ancient temple which was overthrown by the bigoted zeal of Aurangzeb, and is said to have been 150 feet in height and covered with the finest specimens ot Hindu sculpture. The old walls to the height of about 20 feet were left entire, and have been covered in, to form the present temple, by Raja Jai Singh, Sawai of Jaipur."
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