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India's Varanasi: Holy city on the Ganges where Hindus seek salvation

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Sharda Devi wanted to die on her own terms, namely in the most important Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi in northern India .

Hindus have gone to be cremated next to the holy river Ganges for thousands of years .

This ritual embodies the end of the eternal cycle of death and rebirth, a central belief of Hinduism .

The dying and their relatives, who care for them, can stay at the villa free of charge.

The most important god of Varanasi , Lord Shiva , cursed the Doms with this fate after one of their ancestors tried to steal an earring from Shiva 's wife Parvati .

Dom Bhalu Chaudhary , 37 , has been putting logs on the fires along the Ganges promenade since he left primary school.

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73

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74

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64

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informal

Language

English

Language complexity

33

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medium-lived

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