Munilal Tiwari, the eldest male relative of his aunt, performs last rites for her at Manikarnika Ghat before the funeral pyre is lit. [+] Click to enlarge Varanasi's cremation ghats can be ...

Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their ...

Varanasi also known as Kashi, or Benares holds a place of irreplaceable importance in Indian culture and spirituality. The spot on the Ganges River is one of the oldest continuously inhabited ...