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Kashi's 'green farewell' to dead: Varanasi's Manikarnika Ghat to soon get eco-friendly crematoriums
Travels through the Hindi belt: Varanasi shopkeepers, facing displacement due to Kashi Vishwanath corridor, vent ire at Yogi and Modi
Burning ghats of Benaras: In the holy city, death wears many faces, is both grand and mundane
Varanasi locals unhappy with demolitions taking place in temple town due to ongoing Corridor project
A passage to heaven: Varanasi's Manikarnika Ghat is a place for last rites, and deliverance
A pyre burns 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at Manikarnika Ghat. Across Varanasi, nearly 200 bodies are burned every day.
