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View: The dead deserve a better sendoff, surely

Despite all views about afterlife and such, it matters little to the dead how he or she is disposed of, says Mahesh Vijapurkar It is not often that one comes across improvements in crematoria. The......

Two cities and an election

Aditi Phadnis travels through Banaras and Lucknow and marvels at the people and the culture, especially the food, in the two cities It isn't easy to find the soul of Banaras: but you can catch a......

Rediff.com: Independence Day 2011 Special

Rediff.com celebrates Independence Day 2011 with a special series: The India You Didn't Know. Writer Sivasankari begins the series, looking back at a spectacular Indian ritual that dates back a......

A temple town targetted

In March 2006, the temple town of India was rocked by a series of blasts leaving 28 dead. The needle of suspicion since day one was on the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. This is probably one of the few cases in......

  People speak for manikarnika

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Amarjit Kumar
Q. How many shakti peeths are in India
Amarjit Kumar:  A.  more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-many-shakti-peeths-are-in-india/25635147/answers/

Whizkid
Q. What was the original name of Rani Lakshmi Bai?
Whizkid:  A. Fifty Two and below is the ListNo: Place: Part of the body: Bhirava: Shakti:1. Hingula(Pakistan) Brahma randhra Bhima lochana Kottari2....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-was-the-original-name-of-rani-lakshmi-bai/25354695/answers/25635201

sanjay
Q. What is the full name rani laxmibai
Sanjay:  A. Manikarnika more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-full-name-rani-laxmibai/25351673/answers/25354791

harpreet
Q. jhansi kr raani ka naam kya tha???
Harpreet:  A. manikarnika was her maiden name,Her full name was Manikarnika Gangadhar Rao more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/jhansi-kr-raani-ka-naam-kya-tha/22062662/answers/25351685

harpreet
Q. Bye friends....Good evening... Have a nice and cool evening time with lots of happiness :)
Harpreet:  A. Oh we miss u a lot Mr.manikarnika.manu...:):( more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/bye-friends....good-evening...-have-a-nice-and-cool-evening-/22062662/answers/19780639

  Web results for Manikarnika
The river in ruins

Along the ghats in Banaras, there are two mortuaries, Harishchandra and Manikarnika. Every year, they burn approximately 32,000 bodies using around... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/the-river-in-ruins/article4772582.ece
Two held for fake news

The Chowk police on Tuesday arrested two youth accused to making false claims about a betting racket on the number of bodies at Manikarnika Ghat... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Two-held-for-fake-news/articleshow/20317620.cms
Betting even on the dead at Varanasi

Mysore, May 28- The evil of betting, of which we have heard from the times of Mahabharata, has flourished in these modern times, even though the... ...

http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=36314
Betting-on-corpses protest brings Manikarnika to a halt

Since time immemorial, cremation rituals have never stopped at Manikarnika Ghat the way they were for an hour on Monday afternoon. There was no... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Betting-on-corpses-protest-brings-Manikarnika-to-a-halt/articleshow/20299619.cms
Protest holds up cremation at ghat

Since time immemorial, cremation rituals have never stopped at Manikarnika Ghat the way they were for an hour on ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Protest-holds-up-cremation-at-ghat/articleshow/20299619.cms

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