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Scores of dead bodies found floating in India’s Ganges River
AP ^ | 05/11/2021

Posted on 05/11/2021 8:20:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Health officials working through the night Monday retrieved 71 bodies, officials in Bihar state said.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: ganges; gangesriver
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“Due to the shortage of wood, the dead are being buried in the water,”

Nobody there owns a shovel?

1 posted on 05/11/2021 8:20:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

There are always dead bodies, sometimes whole, sometimes partially cremated, floating in the Ganges. They’ve tried to clean it up in recent years for the tourist trade, so I guess it’s better … but maybe not much.


2 posted on 05/11/2021 8:23:21 AM PDT by livius
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To: BenLurkin

They believe depositing loved ones into the Ganges could free their souls from reincarnation.


3 posted on 05/11/2021 8:26:16 AM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: BenLurkin

I thought that was normal......................


4 posted on 05/11/2021 8:26:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

Nothing new for India where, if you can’t afford wood for a cremation they just toss your body into the holy rivers.
Here are some old links to photos of “Filthy India”.

https://www.planetcustodian.com/over-50-scary-images-depicting-filth-of-varanasi-and-river-ganges-that-went-viral-in-china/8134/

https://memolition.com/2013/05/23/filthy-india-not-for-sensitive-viewers-47-pictures/


5 posted on 05/11/2021 8:28:57 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: BenLurkin

You couldn’t get me to go to India on a bet. Everything I’ve ever read about that country indicates that it is filthy and unsanitary beyond belief. No wonder they are inundated with diseases. And people bathe in the same rivers where there are rotting corpses!


6 posted on 05/11/2021 8:28:58 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: BenLurkin

Why use a shovel when you can befoul the water supply?


7 posted on 05/11/2021 8:30:35 AM PDT by larrytown (I like pie.)
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To: BenLurkin

In India, they call this “Monday”. :)


8 posted on 05/11/2021 8:31:05 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: BenLurkin

Crocodiles gotta eat.


9 posted on 05/11/2021 8:33:13 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (CENSORSHIP = VIOLENCE)
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To: BenLurkin

I think that’s 2 1/2 scores.


10 posted on 05/11/2021 8:33:15 AM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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“Nobody there owns a shovel?”

India either cremates or throw into Ganges they do not bury. Ganges or cremation is supposed to release the soul from the body.


11 posted on 05/11/2021 8:33:54 AM PDT by setter
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Hahahaha

true-

they always throw bodies into the river.


12 posted on 05/11/2021 8:35:00 AM PDT by Red6
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To: EinNYC

“You couldn’t get me to go to India on a bet.”

A woman in my town went to India 3-4 years ago for a business trip

First thing she noticed when walking down the plane is it smells bad everywhere you go

The body odor of the people was beyond belief.

The hotel sheets and pillowcases, though washed were brown stained from being old from countless peopole who had slept on them.

This is what I recall what she wrote though there was more.


13 posted on 05/11/2021 8:39:35 AM PDT by setter
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You couldn’t get me to go to India on a bet.

My son's step father is Indian, and they took them to India for a visit. He developed a dysentery for a week. Something triggered a milk intolerance in his wife. He said it was the most disgusting and filthy place he has ever seen. They visited relatives of the stepfather. The kitchen was disgusting. They also touched the food with their hands in some sort of greeting.

14 posted on 05/11/2021 8:42:24 AM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: BenLurkin

2022 voters?


15 posted on 05/11/2021 8:46:51 AM PDT by cp124 (Family and friends government.)
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"Nobody there owns a shovel?"

But, then again, the dogs are eating well...

16 posted on 05/11/2021 8:47:38 AM PDT by unread (Joe....it's not the bill of needs....it's the bill of rights.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Wow. That’s something we Americans are shielded from everyday. Eye opening about many things—scrolling through those images. From personal mortality and insignificance of the body to personal and community hygiene standards. To think it is a sacred river.


18 posted on 05/11/2021 8:54:17 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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See what happens when you don get back to the people asking about your car warranty?


19 posted on 05/11/2021 8:58:50 AM PDT by wbslws
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To: BenLurkin

See what happens when you don get back to the people asking about your car warranty?


20 posted on 05/11/2021 8:59:50 AM PDT by wbslws
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