Manikarnika Ghat

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Manikarnika Ghat (Hindi: मणिकर्णिका घाट) is one of the oldest and sacred ghats on the banks of the River Ganges, in the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is included in the 84 ghats of Varanasi. It is widely known as a Varanasi's principal cremation ground (Maha-Smashaan), while also serving as a sacred pilgrimage site (Maha-Tirth) for performing Hindu rituals and ceremonies. In Hinduism it is believed that a human's soul attains moksha when cremated here. According to a legend the ghat is named after the earrings of Sati, a Hindu goddess, which is believed to have fallen there. Another legend in the Kashi Khand states that Shiva's earring fell into the nearby kund created by Vishnu, thus the name.

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