BHU

Over the weekend we visited Banaras Hindu University, a major hub of education here. (Banaras is an old name for Varanasi, as is Kashi.) The campus is enormous, like another city really. There are different buildings for each discipline - nursing, Hindi, ayurvedic medicine. The streets are tree-lined and a little less polluted than in town. We also visited the museum, which is huge as well. There were sculptures, coins, texts, you name it, all the way back to the Indus Valley civilization. It was funny because it was a pretty quiet day and the guards would turn on the lights for the exhibits as we passed by, then turn them back off after we left.


The tree-lined streets of BHU campus. Only a hint of smoke in the air.


On the campus is also a major temple, and just outside a man sells flowers for offerings.