Brahmin cremation ghat, Pashupatinath
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This ghat was for royalty or wealthier people, or Brahmins, or the priestly caste. This is just the funeral pyre without the body. Later, mourners and pallbearers appeared with the body on a bamboo stretcher and brought the body to a ramp at the bottom of the steps. They took turns pouring milk and water from the Bagmati into the deceased mouth (to purify her), then they brought the body to the pyre to burn. Loads of observers, mostly Nepalese, stood on the bridge and opposite bank to watch.
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