Varanasi is India's spiritual capital, full of excitement. The air smells of incense, and temple bells ring while priests ...

Click to enlarge Varanasi's cremation ghats can be fascinating -- and shocking -- to foreign visitors who are not used to seeing death out in the open, in its purest. "It is a choice between ...

Dashashwamedh Ghat is the most famous and vibrant ghat in Varanasi. During Shivratri, it hosts the grand Ganga Aarti. Known ...

Varanasi (UP), Jul 31 (PTI ... the lower steps of Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats here. "The place where cremation used ...

Celebrities from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to US actress Dakota Johnson have reportedly joined millions of pilgrims at ...

In the heart of India lies a city where life and death dance side by side, where the sacred Ganges River whispers ancient ...

Varanasi is also considered the holiest place on earth for Hindu cremation because the body's ashes can be sprinkled into the sacred river; ash is therefore a prevalent symbol at the Kumbh Mela.

at Godowlia Chowk in Varanasi on Tuesday. (Rajesh Kumar/HT) Amid the chaos, families carrying deceased loved ones for cremation faced significant challenges. Crowds on the road from Maidagin to ...

Click to enlarge Varanasi's cremation ghats can be fascinating -- and shocking -- to foreign visitors who are not used to seeing death out in the open, in its purest. "It is a choice between ...