Holiest place in Hinduism
Trip Start
Nov 12, 1980
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Trip End
May 1981
Benares,
India
Sunday, November 16, 1980
Can't find its location via Google or in RMcN Atlas not in index.
My notes from Nov 1980 say it is outside Varanassi also known as Benares.
01 Stupa at Saranath K15
K15 photo "Saranath, outside Varanassi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India
Deer Park -- Buddha's first sermon after enlightenment. Stupa originally 3rd C. BC - rebuilt" "Temple in background about 50 years old. Clean, pleasant place, well kept lawns, colorful flowers excavated ruins. Archeological museum nearby - statues, mainly of Budda. Guided by Pat, American studying Tibetan and Buddhism. Also Miamoto, Japanese scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy.
02 The Ganges at Benares K16
K16 From boat on Ganga, Hinduism's holiest place. Hindus purifying themselves by bathing and drinking the waters of their holy river. The burning ghats are also here where Hindus are cremated and their ashes and remains dumped into the river.
03 K17
My original notes to this photo are probably in error. It is probably the Benares RailRoad station, not the Vishwanath temple as my notes indicate.
04 New Vishwanath temple Benares Hindu Univ. K18
Again misleading notes. Believe this is probably the New Vishwanath Temple on Benares Hindu University campus not the Sidandra Tomb on road from Dehli to Agra.
