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Rising Ganga Floods Varanasi Ghats; Rituals Being Held On Rooftops
With the water level in the Ganga river rising steadily, normal activities on the ghats of Varanasi have been disrupted, including the 'aarti' ritual and cremations, officials said on Thursday.
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In Varanasi, Ganga Flowing Nearly Upto Roof Of Two-Storey Building
Standing on the roof of a three-storey building in Varanasi that overlooks the Ganga, Santosh Kumar Singh looked solemnly at a terrace below. That is where his grandfather, who was 103, was being cremated because the banks or ghats of the sacred river are flooded.
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Rising Ganga Floods Varanasi Ghats; Rituals Being Held On Rooftops
With the water level in the Ganga river rising steadily, normal activities on the ghats of Varanasi have been disrupted, including the 'aarti' ritual and cremations, officials said on Thursday.
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In Varanasi, Ganga Flowing Nearly Upto Roof Of Two-Storey Building
Standing on the roof of a three-storey building in Varanasi that overlooks the Ganga, Santosh Kumar Singh looked solemnly at a terrace below. That is where his grandfather, who was 103, was being cremated because the banks or ghats of the sacred river are flooded.
