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19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: The Hindu priest Kalikant Dubey and another priest sing pious songs for the dying in the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation) every day. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: A family prays to a symbol of the god Shiva - among other things by pouring water from the Ganges over it. Beforehand, they have also sunk the ashes of their relatives in the river. Shiva is the most important deity of Varanasi. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: The Hindu priest Kalikant Dubey performs Hindu rituals daily in the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation). Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: This is the prayer corner in the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation) with figures of Hindu gods. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: Hindus come to the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation) with their loved ones to die and escape the cycle of rebirths. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: The Hindu priest Kalikant Dubey writes down the names of all the people who come to the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation) to die. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: The Hindu priest Kalikant Dubey decorates an image of God Hanuman in the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation). Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: Here the Hindu priest Kalikant Dubey writes down the names of all the people who come to the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation) to die. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: A Hindu priest performs rituals in the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation). Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
20 July 2024, India, Varanasi: A number of goats live on the promenade by the Ganges, where corpses are cremated. They are said to belong to a holy man. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: A man brings more wood to pyres where corpses are burned by the Ganges. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: Relatives commemorate their dead by sending a candle into the Ganges. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
20 July 2024, India, Varanasi: A man burns corpses by the Ganges. It is so hot there that his eyes water. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: The Hindu priest Kalikant Dubey brings water from the Ganges to the Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation). Hindus believe that this can wash away one's sins. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: People bathe next to a symbol of the god Shiva in the Ganges after they have also immersed the ashes of their loved ones there. Shiva is the most important deity of Varanasi. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: Relatives watch as corpses are burned on funeral pyres by the Ganges. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
19 July 2024, India, Varanasi: The Mukti Bhawan (House of Salvation) is located in the middle of Varansi. Hindus come here to die and escape the cycle of rebirths. Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/dpa Photo: Anne-Sophie Galli/DPA
