Jnana-Pravaha Campus in Varanasi
The campus reflects traditional Indian learning and hospitality, with a hostel for visiting scholars and guest speakers. Pratichi, where most of Jnana-Pravaha's activities are centred, was specially designed by the architect-visionary Balakrishna Doshi of Ahmedabad. It is the focal point of the Centre with conferencing facilities, a well-stocked reference library, lecture rooms, a research and documentation unit, an amphitheatre for performances, the administrative block, a charitable dispensary and a museum that houses rare art and other antique treasures.
The campus environment emanates a mood of peace, with spacious lawns and a beautiful garden, abloom with flowers. The Ganga flows past, dotted with boats, the eternal symbol of all that is auspicious and unsullied. In the heart of the garden is a Yajnashala, where the holy fire stays alight twenty-four hours and creates an atmosphere harking back to Vedic times.
