Banaras
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Manu Parekh
Banaras is the religious capital of India. Situated on the Ganges, it is a pilgrimage site for the Hindu faithful to bathe in the sacred river. Banaras contains more than 1,500 temples and mosques. Almost all of the city?s five kilometres of river banks have been converted into ghats. Banaras has over a hundred bathing and burning ghats, of which Manikarnika ghat is the most sacred. This is the main burning ghat and one of the most auspicious places. Day and night, the fires burn at Manikarnika ghat and the remains of the dead are scattered upon the river. To die in Banaras is to die blessed; many move here to live out their final days.

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