Benaras- my epic saga (part 2)

The Vishwanath-er "goli" (its Bengali for galli..not a pill!) is a narrow maruti-800-kept-horizontally sized galli with rows and rows of shops all along the sides; This is "Benaras" in its purest avatar, the quintessential "goli" is the real charm of the place and if you just about hate the sight of them, then this place is not for you,go to North-West Mauritius, dude!But yes, to be honest, at this point I was expecting to see the galli minus the shops and artifical artifacts, all old and crumbling, like i had seen in images, but guess that's some other galli (wait till i find out)
And i have to mention at this point, that i was actually expecting to see more of the "crumbling-breaking apart- broken apart" part of Benaras, because isnt that what this place is all about?Though its quite an irony and please let me not explain, How!

Here i must add, not all the shops bordered along the tradional..there were artifical stuff too, or perhaps that is the order of the day;that is what people want and prefer to buy; but yes, i was expecting perhaps, yardages of silk weaves, woven sarees and i had to ask for sarees minus the "tikis". Can i please just see the woven ones?

Going back to the galli..The galli must have been pretty long; but the fact that you are also "window shopping" does not make you realise the actual length or the distance that one has to cover...While all along, in the main courtyard of the temple,i did see old crumbling houses; surprisingly all the doors and windows were shut, to perhaps bar the monkeys who are quite a menace;there were some telltale signs of "hanging-and-jumping" monkeys...but anyways.

(P.S-the cows are an added feature; do not mind them)