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RESERVED USE Hindu Cremation by Ganges in Varanasi, India

Body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India RESERVED USE - NOT FOR DOWNLOAD - FOR USE CONTACT TIM GRAHAM

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Asia Asian Asian appearance Asian ethnicity Asians Banaras Benares Cultural traditions Customary Dead bodies End of life Ethnic diversity Everyday lives Fire Ganga Ganges River Ghats Hindu cremation Hindu custom Hindu customs Hindu faith Hindu follower Hindu followers Hindu men Hindu rituals Hindu tradition Hindu traditions Hinduism Holy River Ganga INDIANS India India scenes Indian Indian culture Indian ethnicity Indian heritage Indian men Indian people Indian person Indian scene Indian scenes Local people Man Manikarnika Funeral Ghat Mourn Mourners Mourning Native people Northern India Persons Pilgrims Religion Religious traditions River Ganga River Ganges River scene Stages of life Tradition Traditional customs Uttar Pradesh Varanasi World cultures adult adult men adults after dark after death ancient tradition at night bathing in Ganges belief bonfire bonfires burial rite burning bodies burning body cremations crematorium cultural images customs customs and traditions daily life day day-to-day living daytime dead body death devotee devotees dousing in water dying everyday life faith faiths fires funeral group funeral party funeral pyre funeral pyres funeral rites group of Indian people group of people historic historic customs history holiday location holidays holy bathing holy traditions horizontal human body lifecycle local person locals night-time nighttime old traditions old ways open air crematorium ordinary people outdoor outdoors outside person place of interest places of interest real people real person religious beliefs religious custom religious pilgrim religious ritual rite of passage ritual bathing riverbank riverscenes simple lifestyle stock image stock images stock photograph stock photographs stock photography symbolic cleansing tourism tourist attraction tourist attractions traditional India traditiona

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