Taking auto-rickshaw always caused me some problems. I took an auto-rickshaw near my hostel. The car had to pass though a police road block to leave the old city area. All auto-rickshaw supposed should not go inside the area. The driver bribed the police in order to get inside to do business. When we arrived he train station, the driver asked me to pay him back the money for the bribing. That driven me crazy. After a long argument, I still paid for that. Which wasn't any big amount but I just felt quite unfair for that. So I learnt that never take a auto-rickshaw inside that area.
Outside the railway station, I took another auto-rickshaw to
Sarnath. As I couldn't find any bus to get there. I first visited
Dhamekh Stupa. The remains there are now under conservation. They are now much restored than when it was discovered by the archaeologists. You can see the picture in the museum near the ruins. In the ruins, I saw many pilgrims from Nepal and Sikkim come to visit and faithfully pray at there. Besides the stupa, there are a lot of monasteries built by many other countries' Buddhist organisations like Thailand, China and Japan. In the afternoon, there were more and more people came to visit, some of them were lamas. Then I realised that this year is the 2600th anniversary of the Buddha's Enlightenment
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| Dhamekh Stupa |
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| People praying inside the ruins |
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| The dear at the back of the remain. |
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| Chaukhandi Stupa |
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| The Buddha status in the Nepali temple. |
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| Inside the Mulgandh Kutti Vihar. The painting was done by a Japanese artist |
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