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Floods bring Hindu funerals to halt in India's holy town of Varanasi

Source: Xinhua 2016-08-27 10:55:52

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People stay around a floating body on the floodwater at a cremation site of the Manikarnica Ghat in Varanasi, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Aug. 26, 2016. Floods due to heavy rains have brought Hindu funerals to a halt along the banks of the holy Ganges river in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's temple town of Varanasi, also the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal)

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Floods bring Hindu funerals to halt in India's holy town of Varanasi
                 Source: Xinhua | 2016-08-27 10:55:52 | Editor: xuxin

INDIA-VARANASI-FLOOD-CREMATION

People stay around a floating body on the floodwater at a cremation site of the Manikarnica Ghat in Varanasi, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Aug. 26, 2016. Floods due to heavy rains have brought Hindu funerals to a halt along the banks of the holy Ganges river in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's temple town of Varanasi, also the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal)

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