In Varanasi, the three-day Shringar Festival culminates with 'Nagar Vadhus' dancing around burning pyres at Manikarnika Ghat, venerating Mahashmashan Nath. Originating hundreds of years ago, this ...
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Antim sanskar: These rules of last rites are faith or superstition, know the secret of writing 94 in the ashes of the pyre
Hinduism has established certain rules for cremation after death, one of which is writing 94 on the ashes of the funeral pyre ...
In Varanasi, Holi is not played with colors and gulal but with the ashes of pyres. This Holi of Kashi is known as Masan ki Holi or Masan Holi. 'Masan ki Holi' begins after the aarti of Mahashmashan ...
On this sacred day, devotees take the holy dip during Brahma Muhurta, the pre-dawn hour considered ideal for spiritual purification. According to Hindu scriptures, Lord Vishnu once visited Manikarnika ...
Varanasi's Manikarnika Ghat hosts the sacred Manikarnika Snan on Vaikuntha Chaturdashi, November 4, 2025. This annual ritual offers devotees a chance to cleanse sins and attain Moksha, liberation from ...
Banaras, February 6: An Assamese woman took to X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday to report an incident of racism that she faced during her visit to Banaras. Geet, who goes by the X handle ...
With the water level in the Ganga river rising steadily, normal activities on the ghats of Varanasi have been disrupted, including the 'aarti' ritual and cremations, officials said on Thursday. After ...
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