As I walked along side one of the channels of the Ganges that ran through the camps on the Eastern edge of Haridwar I noticed a small group of Sadhus gathered by the river. Some were chanting others just stood watching. I would find out after the small crowd dispersed that what I was witnessing was a funeral for a Sadhu. Unlike most Hindus, Sadhus are not cremated but rather as in this case placed in a large sack weighted down with rocks and tossed in the river. It did wonder how many Sadhus had been interred up stream before I had taken my first ever Ganges bath two days before, something best not to dwell on.
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