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Pushkar, the Glossary

Pushkar is a temple town near Ajmer City and headquarters of Pushkar tehsil in the Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.^[1]

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Ajmer

Ajmer is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan. Pushkar and Ajmer are cities and towns in Ajmer district.

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Ajmer district

Ajmer district is a district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

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Akbar

Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (–), popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.

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Anandpur Sahib

Anandpur Sahib, also referred simply as Anandpur (lit. "city of bliss"), is a city in Rupnagar district (Ropar), on the edge of Shivalik Hills, in the Indian state of Punjab.

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The Aravalli Range (also spelled Aravali) is a mountain range in Northern-Western India, running approximately in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat.

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Aurangzeb

Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known as italics, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707.

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Bakht Singh of Marwar

Bakht Singh or Bakhat Singh (16 August 1706 – 21 September 1752) was an 18th-century Indian Raja of the Rathore Clan.

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Bani Thani

Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Sawant Singh (1748–1764), whose mistress she became.

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Bhang

Bhang (IAST: Bhāṅg) is an edible preparation made from the leaves of the cannabis plant originating from the Indian subcontinent.

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Brahma

Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.

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Brahma Temple, Pushkar

Brahma Temple, Pushkar (also known as Jagatpita Brahma Mandir) is a Hindu temple situated at Pushkar in the Indian state of Rajasthan, close to the sacred Pushkar Lake to which its legend has an indelible link.

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Brahmi script

Brahmi (ISO: Brāhmī) is a writing system of ancient India.

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Brihaspati

Brihaspati (बृहस्पति), is a Hindu god.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Cannabis edible

A cannabis edible, also known as a cannabis-infused food or simply an edible, is a food item (either homemade or produced commercially) that contains decarboxylated cannabinoids (cannabinoid acids converted to their orally bioactive form) from cannabis extract as an active ingredient.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Chahamanas of Ranastambhapura

The Chahamanas of Ranastambhapura were a 13th-century Indian dynasty.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Country

A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.

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Delhi Sultanate

The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for 320 years (1206–1526).

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Deva (Hinduism)

Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.

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Ghat

Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, refer to the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such as a bathing or cremation place along the banks of a river or pond, the Ghats in Varanasi, Dhobi Ghat or the Aapravasi Ghat.

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Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh (born Gobind Das; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru.

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Guru Nanak

Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation), also known as ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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Hindu calendar

The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga, is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jahangir

Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 till his death in 1627.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Jaipur

Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan.

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Kārtika (month)

Kārtika (কার্তিক Kartik, Bhojpuri: kātik, Kārtika, Kārttika, Kārtak,, Maithili: कातिक,, कार्त्तिक,,, கார்த்திகை) is the eighth month of the Hindu calendar, which falls in October and November of the Gregorian calendar.

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Kingdom of Marwar

Kingdom of Marwar, also known as the Jodhpur State under the British, was a kingdom in the Marwar region from 1243 to 1818 and a princely state under British rule from 1818 to 1947.

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Kishangarh

Kishangarh is a city and a Municipal Council in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Pushkar and Kishangarh are cities and towns in Ajmer district.

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Kishangarh Airport

Kishangarh Airport is a domestic airport serving the twin cities of Ajmer and Kishangarh.

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List of districts in India

A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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List of lakes of India

This is a list of notable lakes in India.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Microlith

A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically a centimetre or so in length and half a centimetre wide.

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Mohenjo-daro

Mohenjo-daro (موهن جو دڙو,; موئن جو دڑو) is an archaeological site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan.

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Muhammad of Ghor

Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam (translit; 15 March 1206), also known as Muhammad of Ghor or Muhammad Ghori, was a ruler from the Ghurid dynasty based in the Ghor region of what is today central Afghanistan who ruled from 1173 to 1206.

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Nagaur

Nagaur (also Nagor and Nagore) is a city and municipal council in Nagaur district of the state of Rajasthan in India.

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Nelumbo nucifera

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as sacred lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.

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Padma Purana

The Padma Purana (पद्मपुराण or पाद्मपुराण, or) is one of the eighteen Major Puranas, a genre of texts in Hinduism.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post.

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Prithviraj Chauhan

Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; reign. – 1192), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan in north-western India.

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Puranas

Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.

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Pushkar Fair

The Pushkar Fair, also called the Pushkar Camel Fair or locally as Kartik Mela or Pushkar ka Mela is an annual multi-day livestock fair and cultural fête held in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district in (Rajasthan, India).

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Pushkar Lake

Pushkar Lake or Pushkar Sarovar is located in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan state of western India. Pushkar and Pushkar Lake are Hindu pilgrimage sites in India.

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Qutb ud-Din Aibak

Qutb ud-Din Aibak (قطب‌الدین ایبک; 1150 – 14 November 1210) was a general of the Ghurid emperor Muhammad Ghori.

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Rajasthan

Rajasthan (lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India.

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Rajasthani languages

Rajasthani languages are a branch of Western Indo-Aryan languages.

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Rajputana Agency

The Rajputana Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire dealing with a collection of native states in Rajputana (now in Rajasthan, northwestern India), under the political charge of an Agent reporting directly to the Governor-General of India and residing at Mount Abu in the Aravalli Range.

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkar

Also known as Pushakara.

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Cities and towns in Ajmer district

Tourism in Rajasthan

Vegetarian communities

Vegetarian towns in India

Vegetarianism and religion

Vegetarianism in India

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