http://www.flickr.com/photos/sengster/tags/burningghat/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:39:37 -0800 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:39:37 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8493/buddyicons/10448547@N00.jpg?1357122112#10448547@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sengster/tags/burningghat/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sengster/3062816141/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/sengster/">sengsta</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sengster/3062816141/" title="The burning"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3033/3062816141_965f071240_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The burning" /></a></p> <p>The burning ghat - Marnikarnika Ghat - in Varanasi (Benares) where the dead are cremated in this hallowed location that they may be released from <i>moksha</i> or the cycle of rebirth.<br /> <br /> Photography of cremations are forbidden from the ghat, but you can generally take a boat out to the river and view the ghat and its cremations.</p> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:39:37 -0800 2008-11-09T21:12:37-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (sengsta) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3062816141 The burning <p>The burning ghat - Marnikarnika Ghat - in Varanasi (Benares) where the dead are cremated in this hallowed location that they may be released from <i>moksha</i> or the cycle of rebirth.<br /> <br /> Photography of cremations are forbidden from the ghat, but you can generally take a boat out to the river and view the ghat and its cremations.</p> sengsta india funeral varanasi hinduism ganga ganges cremation banaras benares moksha burningghat marnikarnikaghat