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GIRTS KRAVALIS

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Manikarnika ghat(also known simply as the burning ghat) is the place where the majority of dead bodies are cremated in city of Varanasi. Hindus believe it will liberate them from the cycle of death and rebirth.

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Manikarnika Ghat is dating back to many centuries.It is situated quite in the middle of Varanasi town itself.

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Manikarnika ghat is always at work. Two or three hundred people are cremated here each day and cremations continue every day of the year.

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There are dogs asleep in the warmth of the ashes remaining from old fires. There are cows wandering through and goats standing on the stacks of wood looking for something to chew..There was not a single clean area to be found.

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Only married people are cremated.Holy men,children,those who are unmarried,those bitten by a snake,and those who are pregnant are weighted down with a stone and lowered into the Ganges.There are no women here,even the wife of the deceased stays at home.

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A shot of what I think has to be one of the worst jobs in the world. Man is looking for gold from the teeth of those who were cremated.They are panning through the ashes of the dead,looking for any gold that may have gotten through. Gold teeth, jewelry, hair pins, etc, etc

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Man is looking for gold from the teeth of those who were cremated.

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Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

Picture 1

Manikarnika ghat(also known simply as the burning ghat) is the place where the majority of dead bodies are cremated in city of Varanasi. Hindus believe it will liberate them from the cycle of death and rebirth.
Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

Picture 2

Manikarnika Ghat is dating back to many centuries.It is situated quite in the middle of Varanasi town itself.
Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

Picture 3

Manikarnika ghat is always at work. Two or three hundred people are cremated here each day and cremations continue every day of the year.
Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

Picture 4

There are dogs asleep in the warmth of the ashes remaining from old fires. There are cows wandering through and goats standing on the stacks of wood looking for something to chew..There was not a single clean area to be found.
Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

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Only married people are cremated.Holy men,children,those who are unmarried,those bitten by a snake,and those who are pregnant are weighted down with a stone and lowered into the Ganges.There are no women here,even the wife of the deceased stays at home.
Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

Picture 8

A shot of what I think has to be one of the worst jobs in the world. Man is looking for gold from the teeth of those who were cremated.They are panning through the ashes of the dead,looking for any gold that may have gotten through. Gold teeth, jewelry, hair pins, etc, etc
Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

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Man is looking for gold from the teeth of those who were cremated.
Gallery: Travel India,Varanasi

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Shipwrecks

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Travel India,Varanasi

City of Varanasi