INDIA VARANASI Scales for weighing the wood that must be purchased to burn bodies at the holy Manikarnika Ghat

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INDIA VARANASI Scales for weighing the wood that must be purchased to burn bodies at the holy Manikarnika Ghat on the Ganges River in Varanasi It takes about 800 pounds of wood to burn a body The area around the ghat is crowded with funeral parties There are many shops selling things used during the cremation such as Ghee wood offerings and clothes

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