Varanasi: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is set to introduce a postgraduate course of two-year duration on ‘Kashi Study’ from the next academic session.
The course is aimed at helping students decipher the mystique of the heritage city through academia. Kashi or Varanasi is regarded as the spiritual capital of India and is one of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism.
“Students from India and abroad who have an interest in understanding the mystery of Kashi can take admission in the course. This will teach them about the city which is one of the oldest in the world and is a symbol of life, and used to be known for its streets. The religious culture, musical tradition and sculpture art of Kashi always attracts and mesmerizes the world,” said a statement issued by the Uttar Pradesh government.
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According to the government, the course’s first session under the Faculty of Social Sciences will begin in July 2021. A committee will prepare the course structure by December 30, said Dean of Social Sciences Faculty (BHU) Professor Kaushal Kishore Mishra.
A seven-member panel headed by Professor Mishra is working on the course framework and is expected to complete it by December 26. “The course structure will be presented for approval before the academic council in January,” the Dean was quoted as saying by news agency IANS.
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