According to Hindu belief, succumbing in this holy city gives people more good karma to achieve moksha, or liberation.

Varanasi , Indias soul City embraces the cycle of life. Varanasi ; a city of some 1.5 million people in northeastern India, is more like a waiting room for death, for the people come to Varanasi to die. According to Hindu belief, succumbing in this holy city gives people more good karma to achieve moksha, or liberation. Varanasi, it turns out, is a great place to die. People ; alive and dead ; have been gravitating to the city for millennia. The living come as pilgrims and tourists, visiting the plethora of temples that hug the riverbank; the dead arrive to have their bodies burned to ashes on a pile of banyan or sandalwood at one of two cremation grounds ; Manikarnika ghat and Harishchandra ghat ; and then scattered in the Ganges. To be cremated in Varanasi is to achieve moksha ; a reprieve from the cycle of life and death: You don’t have to endure rebirth in the world, you go directly to nirvana. People believe Moksha takes place in Varanasi ; a transcendent state liberating their souls. People from all over India come here to die , so Varanasi dozens of dead bodies are cremated there each day.

Aghoris , tribe of Shiva devotees, reside in Varanasi in search of spiritual enlightenment. The mysterious tribe members live in cemeteries and feast on human flesh as part of their rituals, as well as drinking from human skulls, and meditating on top of cadavers in search of spiritual enlightenment. There is a great mystery around them and the Indians fear them, they say they can predict the future, walk on water and do evil prophecies.' The Varanasi tribe live near cremation sites and the monks use a combination of marijuana, alcohol and meditation to help them reach a disconnected state of heightened awareness and bring themselves closer to revered Lord Shiva. The Aghori also believe that by immersing themselves without prejudice in what others deem taboo or disturbing, they're on course to achieving enlightenment. With painted faces and often seen wearing little or no clothing, their way of life is said to discourage an attachment to earthly delusions

The monks believe that the body is inconsequential and flesh and blood are simply transitory, which is why they surround themselves with death and decay. The tribe's belief extend to them often walking around without clothes to signify the human body in its purest form. Aghories use their unusual rituals to bring them closer to the revered Shiva. ! ✨🕉🔱💀👁💀🔱🕉✨

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