Pilgrims and Pagans

Pushkar.  Brahman holy town and, for some unexplained reason, a stopover for tie-dyed, dreadlocked westerners trying their best to look disinterested.  There are well signposted rules forbidding everything from alcohol, bhang and meat to inappropriate clothing and 'smooching'.  This doesn't stop the hippies, who think nothing of parading past the holy shrines in tanktops and miniskirts.  At the temples, the faithful complete their rituals amid the clanging of gongs and the smell of incense.