Touts and Scams on Tourists - Pushkar Lake (普希卡) - Pushkar Lake - 3021条旅客点评与比价

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Touts and Scams on Tourists

Pushkar Lake的点评

2026年10月01日发布于: 海外

点评：Be very careful after you walk away from the temples with your remaining Prasad. There are touts on the main market road insisting that the remaining flowers need to be thrown into the lake at Brahma gaht only. This is totally untrue I have now figured out. I was led to the temple by the tout and even though I said I would do the process by myself for my friends health and wellbeing in my own prayer, I was told that I needed to first read the overhead sign and was led to a 'priest' who insisted on doing a prayer for my friend first. The more I said no, the more force came from his side to complete the prayer. After a while, the focus of his prayer became all about money and the importance of karma and giving a donation and the amount was in the thousands. I started to get very upset and started crying as this individual was taking away my true reason for being there. I went to the water's edge and did my own releasing of flowers and did my own prayer for my friend on my own time. Upon finishing, as I was walking up the stairs to the main landing area, the tout was once again forcing me to give money. I got very angry with him by this point and walked away and he had the audacity to argue that I must use this opportunity and give a donation. This is untrue.
My advice to all tourists, especially first time solo tourists to Pushkar, NEVER NEVER accept flowers from anyone on the gahts or on the main road. Do not assume that any person that approaches you to do Puja is an actual Brahmin. The 'Pushkar Passport' is a big scam for the vulnerable tourists to Pushkar. And it angers me so. You should never be forced to make a donation especially when you have the best on intentions.

翻译：带着剩下的普拉萨德离开寺庙后，务必要小心谨慎。主集市路上有黄牛贩子，他们坚称剩下的鲜花只能扔进布拉马嘎特湖中。但现在我已查明，这完全是无稽之谈。当时就是那个黄牛把我带到寺庙的；尽管我明确表示，为了朋友的健康与幸福，我会亲自在祈祷时完成这一仪式。有人告诉我，我需要先阅读头顶上的指示牌，随后便把我领到一位“神父”面前。这位“神父”坚持要先为我的朋友祈祷。我越是拒绝，他就越是强行要完成祈祷。过了一会儿，他的祈祷内容完全变成了关于金钱、业力的重要性以及捐款的事宜，而且要求的捐款数额高达数千元。我开始变得极其心烦意乱，甚至哭了起来，因为这个人正在剥夺我来到这里的真正目的。我走到水边，亲自撒下花朵，并在自己的时间里为朋友祈祷。完成后，当我沿着楼梯走向主平台时，那个拉客的人又强迫我掏钱。此时我已怒不可遏，便转身走开。可他竟厚颜无耻地辩称我必须把握这个机会捐款。这完全是无稽之谈。
给所有游客的建议，尤其是第一次独自前往普什卡尔的旅者。绝对绝对不要接受任何人在加尔茨或主干道上递给你的鲜花。切勿以为任何主动上前邀请你做普迦仪式的人就是真正的婆罗门。“普什卡尔护照”是针对前往普什卡尔的脆弱游客设下的一大骗局，这真的让我非常生气。你绝不应该被迫捐款，尤其是当你本意是出于善意的时候。

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