Tourists watch body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Body of dead Hindu woman carried in procession in street for funeral pyre cremation by the Ganges, Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Body of dead Hindu carried in procession in street for funeral pyre cremation by the Ganges, Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Tourists watch body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of a body, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The flower market,Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

In first position the rooftop of Manikarnika ghat, general view of ghats rooftops, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The flower market,Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

People carry a body, to burn, going to Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

woman and man selling flowers for the puja ceremony in Dashashwamedh ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

The flower market,Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Person who recovers wood used in cremation, which has not burned completely, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.