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This man chants prayers as he splashes himself with water.
"The Ganges River is so heavily polluted at Varanasi that the water is septic - no dissolved oxygen exists. The statistics get worse. Samples from the river show the water has 1.5 million faecal coliform bacteria per 100mL of water. In water that is safe for bathing this figure should be less than 500! " -Lonely Planet I also witnessed people brushing their teeth and gargling the water in their throats.
Two men drag the deer to the middle of the river as an offering to a Hindu god.
This dead deer will be offered to a Hindu god as a sacrifice.
"Manikarnika Ghat is the main burning ghat and the most auspicious place for a Hindu to be cremated. Dead bodies are handled by outcasts known as doms, and they are carried through alleyways of the old city to the holy Ganges on a bamboo stretcher swathed in cloth. The corpse is doused in the Ganges prior to cremation" -Lonely Planet
Women set colorful blankets on the steps to dry after washing them in the Ganges.
This man chants prayers as he splashes himself with water.
This man chants prayers as he splashes himself with water.
This man chants prayers as he splashes himself with water.
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