(Backup) Road to Rajasthan

             Day 4

              Today was a early rise up at 0430 for a 2 hour cruise on the River Ganges to view the ghats at sunrise,we had a vantage spot to watch 

              the devotees perform their ablutions.

              Then visited the Asian Banaras Hindu University. It was the onto the Bharat Mata Mandir a unique temple dedicated to Bharat Mata 

              (Mother India) which houses a relief map of India caved out of marble.

               It was then back to our hotel for breakfast and a rest.

                After a late lunch our first visit was to a silk weaving factory where silk is woven by the same method as it was 600 Years ago by 

               A master weaver who is only one of ten here in Varanasi, then we visited the local Hindu museum.

               Our next stop was Sarnath is the fabled place where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon to his disciples expounding the

               principles of Buddhism. The ruins date back as far as the 3rd century BC.

               And our last stop was the Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple.

Early morn ritual on the River Ganges 

Devotees gathering for the morning bathe in the river.

Devotees washing away their sins with a morning bathe.

View of the ghats from the River Ganges

Val and the sunrise over the River Ganges 

Silk and silver thread weaving 

Evening peak hour traffic in Varanasi 

Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple.

Love

Len and Val