Word: manikarnika
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Finally the mourners, their voices hoarse and cracking, make their way down to Manikarnika Ghat, where bodies are burned on the riverbank, to lay down their burden. The widow is directed to an observation deck above the burning platform. "Women cannot come to the burning," explains Papu. "They cry and wail and shout, and the soul cannot be released to Nirvana if someone is calling him back with tears...
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