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Tourists watch body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India RESERVED USE - NOT FOR DOWNLOAD - FOR USE CONTACT TIM GRAHAM

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