City of Good Death The

Banaras Varanasi Kashi. India's holy city on the banks of the Ganges has many names but holds one ultimate promise for Hindus. It is the place where pilgrims come for a good death to be released from the cycle of reincarnation by purifying fire. As the dutiful manager of a death hostel in Kashi Pramesh welcomes the dying and assists the families bound for the funeral pyres that burn constantly on the ghats. 'The soul is gone the body is burnt the time is past' he tells them. 'Detach.' After ten ...See More