Last Days — Season 1, Episode 6: Varanasi, India
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 8 episodes
Episode synopsis
In India there is one place where every Hindu wants to die: the spiritual capital Varanasi. Pilgrims come from all over the country to cremate their deceased relatives. Lieve is shocked how they deal with their dead here. The horror of the pyres is difficult to grasp. She visits a star hotel where Hindus stay who want to die in Varanasi and are cremated. She talks to pilgrims, hermits, and gurus, about reincarnation and salvation.
About Last Days
Photographer Lieve Blancquaert travels around the world to show how different cultures deal with aging and death.