Varanasi Cremation Ghats

Varanasi is probably most well known for death, particularly cremation of bodies along the banks of the Ganges River. Read more about Varanasi Cremation Ghats.

Each fire is a body. The dead bodies are tended to by family members as they burn.

This is the other cremation ghat. It is said if you are cremated in Varanasi, you achieve liberation and end the cycle of birth and death.

The inevitability of death is quite present here in Varanasi. Yet it is something to be revered, not feared. How liberating! 🙏🔥🙏