The first of August was spent visiting Ashadeep Vidyashram (Lamp of Hope), a non-profit school designed for impoverished kids in the area. The major difference between this school and other schools we’ve visited was that this school had small class sizes, and was only comprised of poor children. The hope is to obtain a larger building for school use, hire excellent teachers, and have a mix of students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.
Later we saw the Birla Temple, which is a large temple complex that houses seven temples – one for Shiva, Narayan, Durga, etc. After lunch we saw Sarnath, which is renowned for ancient remains of Buddhist stupas, monasteries and temples. I had to jump on one of the ruins to do a yoga pose :)
In the evening we were treated to a Sitar concert and dinner with the USIEF staff and friends. It was a lovely night, but I'm getting tired... not sure if it's the heat or the pace of the past 5+ weeks. Looking forward to getting back to Delhi tomorrow evening.
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