Staying in the buddhist chinese temple with a monk who speaks english. Oh thank god.
Sarnath is a really great place to relax but the weather today is really burning hot for a lack of a better word. Everything seems to be hot but a temporary quiet retreat from the sun in the nice archea musuem of sarnath will really break the heat thanks to the strong aircon.
The museum boosts the original 4 headed lion of asoka and also the wheel of law which is the pride of indias national symbol and its printed on the flag too. However only a few pieaces of the wheel extists and they are reconstrcuted in the best posssible way.
In the museum there are scruptures of buddha from the early periods of different empires. The best being from the gupta period and also some greek inspirated ones.
Also the other most impressive one is the giant umbrella which is used to shade the statue of the buddha which is 4 meters long.
The usual tourist hassle and bussle exists but considering that it is so near varanasi and also a major pilgrim site , it is as tranquil as it can get.
Arrving in the off season but with the relantless heat and rain can sometimes take a toll.
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