that's not right.....the part about corpses floating on the ganges is true.but u must know the whole story to comment on it.....
they are not just rotting corpses....call them half-burnt bodies.that would be more like it.it is believed that getting cremated on the banks of the ganges and having your ashes immersed in the holy river grants you freedom from taking future births.and it was done with utmost sincerity in days of yore.however,the entire process has become wholly commercialised now added to the huge influx of people bringing in their dead kin to the same spot everyday.
it seems to save on wood and time,once the corpse is half burnt,the guy who own the 'cremation point' tosses the half-burnt body into the water to make way for the next 'customer'!sad....
it a well known fact that the ganges is kept clean by the numerous fresh water tortoises that live in it.they feed on these corpses and the water is kept perpetually clean(well,to a certain extent,at least).otherwise,with the rate of people being brought there,the river would be a stinking pool of dead bodies by now.....!
that's not right.....the part about corpses floating on the ganges is true.but u must know the whole story to comment on it.....
they are not just rotting corpses....call them half-burnt bodies.that would be more like it.it is believed that getting cremated on the banks of the ganges and having your ashes immersed in the holy river grants you freedom from taking future births.and it was done with utmost sincerity in days of yore.however,the entire process has become wholly commercialised now added to the huge influx of people bringing in their dead kin to the same spot everyday.
it seems to save on wood and time,once the corpse is half burnt,the guy who own the 'cremation point' tosses the half-burnt body into the water to make way for the next 'customer'!sad....
it a well known fact that the ganges is kept clean by the numerous fresh water tortoises that live in it.they feed on these corpses and the water is kept perpetually clean(well,to a certain extent,at least).otherwise,with the rate of people being brought there,the river would be a stinking pool of dead bodies by now.....!
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Saggi!