Manikarnika Ghat is one of the ghats

Ghat

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 in Varanasi and is most known for being a place of Hindu cremation

Cremation

Cremation is the process of reducing bodies to basic chemical compounds such as gasses and bone fragments. This is accomplished through high-temperature burning, vaporization and oxidation....

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History

It is one of the oldest ghats in Varanasi.

Significance

Hindu mythology teaches that the ghat is especially sacred and that persons cremated there receive moksha

Moksha

Within Indian religions, moksha or mukti , literally "release" , is the liberation from samsara and the concomitant suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of repeated death and reincarnation or rebirth.-Origins:It is highly probable that the concept of moksha was first developed in...

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Manikarnika Kund

The well at the ghat is called Manikarnika Kund and was built by Lord Vishnu.