ARTIST NOTE

This photograph was taken at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, one of the oldest and most sacred cremation grounds on the banks of the Ganga. In the dense golden haze of smoke and morning light, silhouetted figures move among the pyres and wooden barriers, tending the eternal fires. The image captures the quiet intensity of daily ritual, the interplay of human labour and sacred continuum, and the stark beauty of life and death existing side by side in this ancient city.