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People of the Ganges

People of the Ganges108490
01/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108491
02/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108487
03/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108486
04/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108485
05/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108484
06/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108483
07/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108482
08/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108481
09/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108480
10/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108479
11/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108143
12/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108142
13/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108140
14/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108139
15/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108134
16/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108132
17/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108131
18/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108127
19/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108126
20/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
People of the Ganges108125
21/21
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases
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Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. Quite frequently

Varanasi is one of India's holiest cities where pilgrims come from all over the country to wash away their sins in the water of the Ganges River, and/or to cremate their loved ones. These cremations are held in public on the banks of the Ganges River at the Burning Ghats. It is a great honor for a Hindu to die and be cremated in Varanasi. However, quite frequently the bodies are not cremated and are simply sent into the water. These bodies are already considered to be pure, children under ten, Sadhus, pregnant women, those killed by the bite of a cobra and those with leprosy. Currently the monsoon in the north of India is late, this means the Ganges River is lower then normal. On the other side of the river, which is currently the dried up river bed, there are small shops set up, kids playing cricket and rotting human corpses and skeletons littering the shoreline. In Varanasi alone more then 60,000 people per day go down to the Ghats to bathe in the holy water of the Ganges, which is riddled with fecal matter, human corpses and waterborne diseases

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