{"id":2906,"date":"2018-08-06T18:21:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2018-08-06T18:21:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:51:07","slug":"manikarnika-ghat-seeking-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/playschool\/manikarnika-ghat-seeking-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Manikarnika Ghat: Seeking salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"infobox vcard\" style=\"height: 190px\" width=\"581\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"fn org\" colspan=\"2\">Manikarnika Ghat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Geography<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Coordinates<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"plainlinks nourlexpansion\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wmamapbutton noprint\" title=\"Show location on an interactive map\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/55\/WMA_button2b.png\/17px-WMA_button2b.png\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"geo-default\"><span class=\"geo-dms\" title=\"Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location\"><span class=\"latitude\">25\u00b018\u203239.134\u2033N<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">83\u00b00\u203250.708\u2033E<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"coordinates\">Coordinates:\u00a0<span class=\"plainlinks nourlexpansion\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wmamapbutton noprint\" title=\"Show location on an interactive map\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/55\/WMA_button2b.png\/17px-WMA_button2b.png\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"geo-default\"><span class=\"geo-dms\" title=\"Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location\"><span class=\"latitude\">25\u00b018\u203239.134\u2033N<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"longitude\">83\u00b00\u203250.708\u2033E<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Country<\/th>\n<td>India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><br \/>\nManikarnika Ghat<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0is one of the holiest among the sacred riverfronts (ghats), alongside the river\u00a0Ganga. It is believed that a dead human&#8217;s soul finds salvation (moksha), when cremated here. Thus, scores of the elderly across the whole country seek to walk up to its edges, and spend their last days absorbing the charisma of the ghat &#8211; which makes even death painless and insignificant to be pondered upon.<\/p>\n<p>In India, death is considered as a gateway to another life received as a result of our past actions .<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>The\u00a0Hindu genealogy registers at Varanasi\u00a0are kept here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-landing\">\n<div class=\"slider-main clearfix\">\n<div id=\"owl-landingphoto\" class=\"owl-carousel owl-theme owl-center owl-loaded\">\n<div class=\"owl-stage-outer\">\n<div class=\"owl-stage\">\n<div class=\"owl-item cloned\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"slider-info\">\n<p id=\"imageCaption\">A view of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/about\/\">Manikarnika<\/a> Ghat at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. In the Hindu belief system, dying in Kashi, the older part of Varanasi city, along the banks of Ganga, is associated with moksha or mukti \u2013 liberation from the cycle of life and death. This is what has motivated the devout to go to Varanasi in their last days. Or last years, in many cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"owl-item cloned\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"slider-item\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"A view of Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of river Ganga at Varanasi. Bhattacharya wonders if any of the inmates in these lodges will get moksha. \u201cYou have to detach yourself from worldly affairs to get attached to Kashi. People in these facilities spend their days on their iPhones. You think they will get salvation?\u201d he asked in a dismissive tone. (Sanchit Khanna \/ HT Photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hindustantimes.com\/rf\/image_size_960x540\/HT\/p2\/2018\/08\/04\/Pictures\/mukti-dham_2f946212-97e1-11e8-a9be-0a3dd955ac48.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"A view of Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of river Ganga at Varanasi. Bhattacharya wonders if any of the inmates in these lodges will get moksha. \u201cYou have to detach yourself from worldly affairs to get attached to Kashi. People in these facilities spend their days on their iPhones. You think they will get salvation?\u201d he asked in a dismissive tone. (Sanchit Khanna \/ HT Photo)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"slider-info\">\n<div id=\"wpwrap\">\n<div id=\"wpfooter\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n<p id=\"imageCaption\">Mukti Bhavan, the lodge for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/about\/\">salvation seekers<\/a> with its wrought iron gate, arches and tin mailbox, is a a more than 60-year-old structure. In 1958, industrialist Vishnu Hari Dalmia set up the lodge for those who wanted to die in peace in Kashi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"owl-item\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"slider-item\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mukti Bhavan, the lodge for salvation seekers with its wrought iron gate, arches and tin mailbox, is a a more than 60-year-old structure. In 1958, industrialist Vishnu Hari Dalmia set up the lodge for those who wanted to die in peace in Kashi. (Sanchit Khanna \/ HT Photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hindustantimes.com\/rf\/image_size_960x540\/HT\/p2\/2018\/08\/06\/Pictures\/mukti-dham_aecafed4-992f-11e8-9ea4-7619ca404631.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Mukti Bhavan, the lodge for salvation seekers with its wrought iron gate, arches and tin mailbox, is a a more than 60-year-old structure. In 1958, industrialist Vishnu Hari Dalmia set up the lodge for those who wanted to die in peace in Kashi. (Sanchit Khanna \/ HT Photo)\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-summary mt-20\">\n<div class=\"gallery-summary-head\">about the gallery<\/div>\n<p>In Varanasi, establishments offer moksha-seekers a place to await death. It is said that dying in Kashi, brings liberation from the cycle of birth and rebirth. For centuries, this prospect is what has motivated the devout to go to Varanasi in their last days. And while in earlier times moksha-seekers would be indistinguishable among the crowd, living out their days in the homes of local residents, today most spend their days, or at times years at one of the many salvation homes in the older part of the holy city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><span id=\"Location\" class=\"mw-headline\">Location<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Manikarnika Ghat is flanked by the\u00a0Dashashwamedh Ghat\u00a0and the\u00a0Scindia Gha<a title=\"Scindia Ghat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scindia_Ghat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">t<\/a>. It is situated in\u00a0Varanasi,\u00a0India.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"History\" class=\"mw-headline\">History<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\">\n<p><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Benares_(Varanasi,_India)_-_1922.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbimage\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ec\/Benares_%28Varanasi%2C_India%29_-_1922.jpg\/220px-Benares_%28Varanasi%2C_India%29_-_1922.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">\n<p>Manikarnika Ghat in 1922. Temples are L to R: Baba Mashan Nath, Lower level: Tarkeshwar and\u00a0Ratneshawar, upper level: Tripur Sundari and Ganesh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is one of the oldest ghats in Varanasi. The Manikarnika Ghat is mentioned in a Gupta inscription of 5th century.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>It is revered in Hindu religion. When Mata Sati (Aadi shakti mata) sacrificed her life &amp; set her body ablaze after Raja Daksh Prajapati (one of the sons of Lord Brahma) tried to humiliate Lord shiva in a Yagya practiced by Daksh. Lord Shiva took her burning body to the\u00a0Himalaya. On seeing the unending sorrow of Lord shiva, Vishnu sends the Divine chakra to cut the body into 51 parts which fall on earth. They are called &#8220;Ekannya Shaktipeeth&#8221;. Lord Shiva established Shakti Peeth wherever Sati&#8217;s body had fallen. At Manikarnika ghat, Mata Sati&#8217;s Ear&#8217;s ornament had fallen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Manikarnika_Kund\" class=\"mw-headline\">Manikarnika Kund<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\">\n<p><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Submerged_and_tilted_Matri-rin_Temple,_Varanasi_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbimage\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/05\/Submerged_and_tilted_Matri-rin_Temple%2C_Varanasi_01.jpg\/220px-Submerged_and_tilted_Matri-rin_Temple%2C_Varanasi_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">\n<p>Ratneshwar Mahadev temple,\u00a0Varanasi, India<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The well at the ghat is called Manikarnika Kund and was built by\u00a0Lord Vishnu.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Proposal\" class=\"mw-headline\">Proposal<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A proposal for renovating the Manikarnika ghat has been proposed by Departments of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), USA, and Bhanubhen Nanavati College of Architecture for Women (BNCA), Pune, India.<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0A proposal for renovating and redevelopment the Manikarnika ghat is in progress by Eastern Infrastructure Fund of Varanasi, India<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manikarnika Ghat Geography Coordinates 25\u00b018\u203239.134\u2033N83\u00b00\u203250.708\u2033ECoordinates:\u00a025\u00b018\u203239.134\u2033N\u00a083\u00b00\u203250.708\u2033E Country India Manikarnika Ghat\u00a0\u00a0is one of the holiest among the sacred riverfronts (ghats), alongside the 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