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Body burning on funeral pyre at Hindu cremation at Manikarnika crematorium Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

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Body burning on funeral pyre at Hindu cremation at Manikarnika crematorium Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

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Image id: 1161-4363
Release status: Not Model or Property Released
Shot date: March 2011
Upload date: August 2013
Artist: Tim Graham

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