Parks in Varanasi

The BHU campus is a vast green retreat from Varanasi's old-city density. Tree-lined avenues connect the neo-Hindu Vishwanath Temple (a modern replica of the original), botanical gardens and sports grounds within a 1,300-acre estate founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1916.

A large riverside park at the confluence of the Varuna and Ganges rivers, a pleasant escape from the city..

Sarnath is where the Buddha delivered his first sermon (the Dharma Chakra Pravartan) after attaining enlightenment — making it one of the four holiest sites in Buddhism. The Dhamek Stupa (5th century CE) rises 44 metres from a green park where spotted deer still roam.