For good karma...

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originally uploaded by T_Lo.

So the lake in Pushkar is supposed to be magical. Pushkar is a holy town for Hindu pilgrims, and after praying at the temple, you're supposed to make offerings to the gods in the lake water. Some pilgrims bathe, I choose to just make offerings.

Unfortunately, like many other things in India, it's a bit of a scam! The "holy" man, asks you how many members of your family do you have, and after making the offerrings, you're supposed to pay him multiple 100 ruppees (about $2.50) for each of them. According to the "priest", it should be around 500 ruppees to 2000 ($50)! So I did pay him, so all of you should now have good karma. But, I only gave him 20 ruppees (50 cents)- his "head priest" was not too happy about it- so I'm not too sure how far that's going to go...