We started with BHU temple of Mahadev, it is also very important there and I wanted to see BHU also. It is a huge campus, infact a mini city with all amenities, and hospitals even. In centre of temple is main deity Mahadev shivling and then there are all others like Ganeshji, Durgaji and Saraswatiji.From the first floor one can have an air view of campus and city.. All around gardens are there and at one place there are 5 trees good for environment like Pakar, Goolar mango, peepal Bargad
Next we went to Sarnath, there is one Stupa , Dhanek Stupa on the way And next is Buddhist monastery, there god Buddha gave his first sermon to his first 5 desciples who went all around to spread his teachings. We can see Buddha in different mudras like giving blessing, teaching etc. In the area some ethnic people stay and Pali and Sanskrit are taught there and they are taught skills to earn.The tree behind Buddha has grown from the seeds of the same tree Buddha disciples planted in srilanka.
Then there is Combodian monastery, Thai monastery and sarnath shiv temple.
Next day we visited Markandey Mahadev , it’s 30 km in Kaithi. Another ancient temple, where people come and pray for long life and children.
I have a few suggestions here
If one wants to just have darshan of Vishwanathji, one can go either through VIP( if you have contacts)..then u can have any day any time, otherwise go in the morning and take a ticket for sugar darshan and spend sometime there..It will be memorable for u, and try to avoid weekends and festivals and Monday.One May opt for abhishekam also.Morning Arti at 3 AM is best if one can manage early mornings
BHU temple, sankat Mochan and Tulsimanas can be seen in2-3 hrs ,they are in same line and then one can go to Assi ghat.. and spend the whole evening there just walking,sitting or eating.. it’s ethereal to watch the lights coming up.. absolute delight.In the evening Ganga Arti should also be seen.
Stay in the city and take local E Rickshaw to go around, we stayed in cantt and waisted lot of time in commuting.
Food is available everywhere, try tamatar chaat, pehalwan lassi, and all street food, it is good there.
2 comments:
Thanks for the excellent travelog. I have a question. Is Varanasi, Kasi, and Gaya, all three, denote the same city? Or are they different cities?
SG: sorry for replying so late! Kashi and varanasi are same but Gaya is a different city. It’s famous for pind daan , in north we believe that once you go to Gaya and do pind daan there, then no more shraadh is required and one doesn’t need to do that
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