David Clay Photography
Washing a corpse in the Ganges
Varanasi, India
Groups of mourners carry the dead on litters, raised on their shoulders, covered in brightly colored fabric, parading through the narrow alleyways of Varanasi. They make their way to the Manikarnika Ghat and wait on the steps for their turn to immerse the body in the Ganges river before the formal preparations prior to the actual cremation.
In the lower right corner of the photograph a group carrying a dead woman make their way back from the river. Just above them another group wait on the steps.
Washing a corpse in the Ganges
Varanasi, India
Groups of mourners carry the dead on litters, raised on their shoulders, covered in brightly colored fabric, parading through the narrow alleyways of Varanasi. They make their way to the Manikarnika Ghat and wait on the steps for their turn to immerse the body in the Ganges river before the formal preparations prior to the actual cremation.
In the lower right corner of the photograph a group carrying a dead woman make their way back from the river. Just above them another group wait on the steps.