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| The station nearest Surul is Bolpur but the area is known as Santiniketan. It's famous for being the home of 1913 Nobel Laureate in Literature Rabindranath Tagore. |
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| Tagore built a University in the area, named Visva-Bharati. His home is open to the public (visited, took no pictures) and is a place of pilgrimage for many Indian. |
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| The view across the "flat as a pancake" landscape of West Bengal. |
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| So, 5 generations ago (or more) two brothers of the Sarkar family had a falling out and every since then, the town of Surul has been divided by which branch of the family one belongs to. Here is the place of worship for one side. |
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| During October there is a festival and sacrifice to the goddess with 10 arms (name I forget), so in its place, until the real, clay version arrives, is a straw replica. |
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| The place of worship for the other side of the family. Turns out, S's parents were each from a different side. Their marriage was the first between the different sides of the family. |
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| Anywhere you find a surface, is fair game for drying cow dung. |
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| A tour through the village and I came across many of these small temples...... |
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| ....and some guys playing...... |
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| what appears to be a combination of tiddliwinks and pool. |
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| It was rice harvesting season when I was there. |
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In action |
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| One afternoon, we took a visit to Asha's home and met her immediate family. |
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| One of the servants daughters. |
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| Apparently this says..."Girls don't get married, get an education" |
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| The Santiniketan area is known for its ceramic work, therefore we all took a morning to meet with the artisann |
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| Banyan Tree |
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