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#9314714
14 December 2022
Man adds wood to the funeral pyre of a high-caste man of importance who is being cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.
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#9299352
9 December 2022
A man stokes the fire of a cremation pyre along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.
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9 December 2022
Cremation of the body of a high-caste man of importance along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.
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