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Photo by: Claude Renault - Professional Photographer, Sonepur Mela
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    Sri Maitresa Sharma was a Sadhu from Banauli,Bihar. When he died, his brother decided he would come to Sonepur to throw the body in the river on Kartik Purnima day, as a Sadhu can't be cremated. We drove the body in the middle of the river before letting him go.

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    • Bon sujet !

       
    • polluted river

       
    • Many people believe that this effect obtains from bathing in Ganga at any time

       

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