Bulldozers roll into Manikarnika Ghat — one of Hinduism's holiest cremation grounds — as part of a major redevelopment project in Varanasi. 5 foods that can help reduce heart blockages and repair ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, about 20,000 people pilgrimage to Varanasi, India's holiest city, to die. Some Hindus believe they can break out of ...

Varanasi: The Varanasi Municipal Corporation has started a registration service for every body arriving at Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats. A QR-code slip from these ghats will help authorities ...

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 18 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh police have registered eight separate cases at Chowk Police Station in Varanasi against AI-generated images and misleading ...

Eight FIRs have been registered in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi after alleged AI-generated images and misleading claims about the redevelopment work at Manikarnika Ghat surfaced on social media, officials ...

The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges river in Varanasi, the mystical Indian city where Hindus believe being cremated will free them from the cycle of rebirth. But ...

Eighteen persons were detained on Monday (January 19, 2026) when they attempted to stage a protest at the Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi alleging that a statue of Rani Ahilyabai Holkar had been damaged ...

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday defended development works underway at Varanasi's Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats.

In charge of funerals in Varanasi, Doms burn corpses using the sacred fire believed to be the purest of the pure. The keeper of the sacred fire known as Dom Raja is the “king” of cremation ghats, ...