India5-Varanasi,River Ganga,cremation, ,Kashi Vishwanath temple,Hindu Worship Ritual, Deer Park,ASMR
Channel: Snowbird Life
Date: 2020-12-05

Varanasi, also known as Kashi and Benares, is situated on the north bank of the Ganga in the state of Uttar Pradesh in North India. It is one of the oldest living cities of the world with its history dating back to about 3500 hundred years. Considered one of the holiest cities for Hindus, it is a main Hindu pilgrimage site. 
The river Ganga is considered sacred and is personified as the goddess Gaṅgā. She is worshiped by Hindus and Buddhists who believe that bathing in the river causes the remission of sins and facilitates Moksha (liberation from the cycle of life and death), and that the water of the Ganges is considered very pure. 
The land over which the Ganges flows is regarded as hallowed ground, and it is believed that the holy waters of the river will purify the soul and lead to a better reincarnation or liberation of the soul from the cycle of life and death. Because of these strong beliefs, it is common for Hindus to cremated there and spread cremated ashes of dead loved ones, allowing the sacred water to direct the soul of the departed. 
The famous Kashi Vishwanath temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the temple has earned the name of Golden Temple due to the gold plating done using one ton of gold donated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh on its 15.5-m high spire.
Holy River Ganges Hindu Worship Ritual 
Went back the next day and got in cremation site 
Sarnath is a place located 10 kilometres north-east of Varanasi city. The Deer Park in Sarnath is where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha came into existence. 
A storm broke a pest-infested branch of the sacred Bodhi tree here, where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon. The current tree there was planted 80 years ago and has been grown from a cutting of the sacred tree at Bodh Gaya, where Lord Buddha supposedly achieved enlightenment around 2,500 years ago.

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