VARANASI (Pt2) 🇮🇳 The Marnikarnika Ghat

This is the PART 2 of the VARANASI Vlog! As mentioned in part 1, due to the sensitive nature of the topic - I have decided to break this segment off the main story, and post it as a separate story on its own.

MARNIKARNIKA GHAT : A “ghat” is literally a flight of steps that descends down to a body of water. One of many ghats in Varanasi, the Manikarnika Ghat, located along the Ganges river, is known for being a site of cremation.

Manikarnika Ghat, the worlds’ largest crematorium, is also famous by the name of Mahasmasana which is one of two cremation Ghats in the Varanasi. Another famous ghat of cremation is Harishchandra Ghat - but Marnikarnika is very sacred (the most sacred of all) and extremely unique in every aspect.

Tradition states that after Sati (the incarnation of Aadishakti preceding Parvati) sacrificed herself for the honor of her consort, Lord Shiva and her body was cut up into many different pieces by the sudarshana chakra, disc-like super weapon, of Lord Vishnu.

The places where her body parts fell are regarded as sacred places of worship and are known today as Shakti Peethas (energy seats). In all there are 52 Shakti Peethas all over India, and Manikarnika Ghat is one of them, as Sati’s earrings fell at this spot.

Moreover, each of the peethas are guarded over by a Bhairava, a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva. In Varanasi, Kaal Bhairava (the Lord of Time) , is the custodian.

Everyday around 250 bodies are cremated in Manikarnika ghat and sometimes it goes up to 600. Believe has it that for any person cremated here, Mahadeva personally initiates them into the Taraka mantra and liberates them. Hindu believe that to die in Varanasi and to be cremated at Marnikarnika Ghat assures the soul of the deceased to attain moksha, aka the liberation from the cycle of birth and death. (Eternal rest among the gods)

I assure you that sitting at Marnikarnika where Mahadeva personally liberates the should from their mortal bodies and ushers them into Moksha with the help of Agni (the Hindu god of fire) , and that being so close to the reality of our mortality and the temporary nature of our bodies - is an incredible moving and transformative experience.

The fire in the pyres of the Marnikarnika Ghat have been continuously burning for centuries and are lit by the "eternal fire of Shiva" (whom the Dom Rajas are the guardians of ) that has never stopped burning here for over 3500 years.

Are you ready ?

Open you mind, set fear and prejudice aside and come explore Marnikarnika Ghat with me.

Let's Goooooooooooooooooooooooo

Jai Mahakal , Jai Shiva Shankar , Jai Bole Ki ... Har Har Mahadev !
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