Manikarnika Ghat - Manikarnika Mahashamshan Ghat

Manikanica River altar, when you arrive at Varanasi, you may come to see this altar, which is actually the burnt temple. Just next to the Ganges River, it is smoky every day, and the smell is relatively large. Just take a look. Although I don't understand these, I still feel more respectful. The Ganges River can also be seen by boat, and there is also this tourism project. There are more liars on the shore, lobbying you for various paid visits, pay attention to not be fooled.

The legendary Varanasi, the holy place by the Ganges River, shuttles in the alleys 1, 2 meters wide, motorcycles, bicycles, god dogs, god cattle are with you everywhere, car horns are unbridled, the dust is everywhere, and you have to be careful with the cow dung on the ground at any time. It feels like going to Kathmandu [skipping] the holy place that cannot be missed - the Manikanika River Tank (the burner on the Ganges River), to the right time, one is burning, one is ready to fire [spit], saying that it is respect for the dead and not allowed to take pictures, it is hypocritical, There are many locals who are accommodating tourists nearby. Just give money, explain and take pictures. I didn't care, and I still finished the visit!

Manika Nika River Temple is a place to deal with death. Out of respect, we do not take pictures. Of course, natural psychological factors are also hurried to leave at a glance. If you are interested, you can come and experience it in person.

I went there a few years ago and had a good chance to see it again.

Unknowingly walked along the river bank to the Manikanika Temple, one of the oldest river altars in Varanasi, and also a Hindu cremation site. Hindu believe that after death, if the ashes can be thrown into the Holy River Ganges, the soul will be lifted out of the sublimation, and life will be reincarnated. Whether rich or poor, farewell to this life and this life will gather here and wait for the last moment to come. There were people living in the building above the river altar, and the alley was carrying bodies at any time. The bank was piled with wood, and a large basket stood significantly on the side, which had been weighed in the price. Rich people can buy fine timber, poor people or tramps only wait for the gas to die nearby, only the government to come forward to collect cremation. Passing by here, seeing this scene, thinking of the end of a person's life is only the price of wood as a cover coffin, there is nothing to think about. Out of curiosity, I secretly filmed the burning pit by the river with a long-focus lens and threw the ashes. All of this is of course prohibited in the local area. Yu Qiuyu's book "A Millennium Sigh" has a lot of derogatory words about everything he has seen in the Ganges River. The book describes this: "Now in the eyes of the Ganges, this group of people who are constantly discharging dirt every morning, congested by the river for a long time, waiting for death, and after death, they still throw the residue of life in the river and float, showing off, what is it?" As a mortal on the journey, I can only view everything that happens in the ancient country with my ordinary heart. Entering the country as usual, if there are different visual thinking, I can only respect the wishes of the locals first. Mr. Yu may be his consistent aesthetic vision that has been violently collided here. The reaction is so strong it is understandable.

A very lively place on the bank of the Ganges River. At night, the devout Hindus here start the night sacrifice. The churches sing the chant in unison. During the day, you can also take a boat tour of the Ganges River. It is a place with local humanities.