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Varanasi Cremations

Nighttime cremations on the shore of the Ganges river in the holiest city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Manikarnika Ghat (steps), the largest and most auspicious cremation ghat, around 100 bodies are cremated on wooden pyres along the river's edge every day

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Nighttime cremations on the shore of the Ganges river in the holiest city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Manikarnika Ghat (steps), the largest and most auspicious cremation ghat, around 100 bodies are cremated on wooden pyres along the river's edge every day