Passengers disembarking on Ganges bank

Vārānasi, a city of 1.2 million people (according to the 2011 census) on the Ganges river, ranks as the religiously most important site in Hinduism. Ideally, families wish to cremate bodies of deceased relatives on its banks.

Ludwig, Jeannette M.

State University of New York at Buffalo.

2009-12

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Vārānasi, India

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