Savitri Temple
Pushkar is surrounded on the three sides by hills.One
of the hill is known as Ratangiri ,The Highest on the southwest
which houses the Goddess Savitri, the estranged wife of Lord Brahma.
The Savitri hill is arround 750 feet elevated from near by surrounding.
Pilgrimage to Savitri hill is 1.5 Km's. It is strenuous and hard.It
is believed that harder one tries,the more Tapas (Heat generated by
penance ) is gained.
When Brahma performed the yajna at Pushkar,Due to
some reasons Savitri could not reach the site of yajna at right time.
Then
Brahma performed yajna accompanied by local girl, Gayatri - who
became second wife of Brahma. This annoyed the first wife Savitri and
she went to the hilltop.
Then an agreement was made that Savitri will
always be worshipped first and then Gayatri. Tradition still continues
first arti is performed at Savitri temple and then at Gayatri temple.
The
idols of both Savitri and Gayatri are now installed at the Savitri
Temple. Though the idol of Savitri Supposedly dates back to the 7th
century Ad.the Bangar family built the temple itself in the early 20th
century.
