A very sacred Hindu temple by the river Bhagmati. As in Varanasi in India, this is also a place of open cremation. Bodies of the Hindu faith are brought here, burnt in an open fire and the ashes scattered into the river. When I arrived that morning, a body was being burnt, the process had been going on for a while and was almost completed because I couldn't see any visible body. I read they need to weigh the body and from that can deduce how much firewood is needed to finish the job. They only have regular wood here. But in Varanasi, apparently one can purchase different grades of wood, cheap ones or expensive ones depending on one's family's fortune. There wasn't any foul odor just the smell of wood smoke. 
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