attractionManikarnika Ghat
Kashi's principal cremation ghat — where pyres burn beside the Ganga and liberation is sought through fire.
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Episode 04
A planned docuseries episode tracing the ghat where cremation fires have burned without interruption for centuries.
This episode is in production for the docuseries — read the preview notes below.
Schedule five of The Ghats of Varanasi centres on the stretch from Dashashwamedh to Manikarnika — the riverfront where evening spectacle gives way to the oldest continuous cremation ground in Kashi.
This planned episode will follow dom workers, families arriving with the departed, and the priests who tend Manikarnika Kund. We film with permission, at distance, and with the gravity the subject demands.
When production begins, this page will host the full film. Until then, explore the places below to prepare for the journey.
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attractionKashi's principal cremation ghat — where pyres burn beside the Ganga and liberation is sought through fire.
Explore →attractionKashi's southern cremation ground — named for the truthful king, where pyres burn with the same finality as Manikarnika.
Explore →attractionThe main ghat for the famous evening Ganga aarti — brass lamps, conch shells, and the river at dusk.
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attractionThe golden Jyotirlinga at the heart of Kashi — one of twelve holiest Shiva shrines in India.
Explore →attractionKashi's southern cremation ground — named for the truthful king, where pyres burn with the same finality as Manikarnika.
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