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Accompanying Person Program

February 4, 2009

Evening (2.00 p.m. onwards): Registration, Inaugural Function, Cultural Program, and Inaugural Dinner. Participants may visit different Departments and Institutes of Banaras Hindu University.

February 5, 2009

Morning (10.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.): Visit to Ramnagar Fort, Lunch at Lakhania Dari (a water fall)
Evening (5.00 - 7.00 p.m.): Boating in Ganges to see different Ghats and watching Ganges Aarti (a spiritual function at the bank of Ganges); Dinner at HHI.

February 6, 2009

Morning (9.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m.): Visit to Sarnath and Archaeological museum, and Lunch at Sarnath.
Evening (7.30 onwards): Conference Dinner at HHI (Hindustan International Hotel)

February 7, 2009

Morning: (9.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon): Visit Bharat Kala Bhavan and Viswanath temple at Banaras Hindu University. Lunch at HHI (Hindustan International Hotel)
Note: Entry fee (if applicable) will be paid by the participants.

Ramnagar Fort

This is situated on the opposite bank of river Ganga. The fort at Ramnagar houses a museum displaying the Royal collection which includes vintage Cars, Royal palkies, an armoury of swords and old guns, ivory work and antique clocks.

Sarnath

Sarnath, renowned for ancient remains of Bhuddhist stupas, monasteries and temples, is situated at a distance of 10 km to the north of Varanasi city. This is one of the four most important Bhuddhist pilgrimage centres of India.

Archaeological museum at Sarnath

It is the oldest site museum of Archaeological Survey of India. In order to keep the antiquities found from the site, a decision was taken in 1904 by the Government to construct a site museum adjacent to the excavated site at Sarnath.

Ghats

Varanasi, Kashi or Banaras, is older than traditions. The divine grace of this city lies is unique combination of physical, metaphysical and supernatural elements. Ghats of Varanasi are natural supplement to the concept of divinity.

Bharat Kala Bhavan

It is the art and archaeological museum of Banaras Hindu University, is an internationally known institution. No University in India has a museum of this dimension. Its 100,000 holdings include historically important archaeological materials, paintings, textiles and costumes, literary materials, decorative arts and India philately.

The Vishwanath temple

This temple of the University is a massive temple complex consisting of seven temples. The Shiva temple is in the ground floor and the Lakshmi Narayan and the Durga temple are in the first floor. This elegant temple structure is located almost at the centre of the University campus.

For more information visit: http://www.varanasi.nic.in