VARANASI, India — Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their one-way pilgrimage to death will deliver everlasting peace.
Smoldering funeral pyres line the Ganges river in India 's holy city of Varanasi, where thousands of Hindu faithful come each year to spend their final days.Dying beside the banks of the Ganges guarantees they will be cremated there and their ashes scattered in the water along the river's steps or 'ghats,' which Hindus believe ensures liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
For Hindus, the northern city of Varanasi, also known as Benares, is one of the holiest places in the world.It is the city of Lord Shiva, the god of destruction, who Hindus say must destroy before he can recreate. People in search of 'moksha', or liberation, have traveled there for centuries.'Attain salvation' At the salvation hospice, some come alone and are dependent on charity. Some are married couples.
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