In Search Of Mukti: The Hotel Where You Check In To Die

This unique establishment has been ferrying people to salvation for years.

An old woman awaits death in Mukti Bhavan. (Photo: Reuters)

Varanasi, one of India’s oldest and holiest cities, is also famous for its connection with the afterlife. Pious Hindus believe that dying in the holy city, no matter how great a sinner one is, would win them moksha - salvation from the tortuous cycle of life and death.

Mukti Bhavan - the House of Salvation - has been helping people, too impoverished to seek lodgings elsewhere, to die in peace and attain moksha in Varanasi for years. It’s literally a hotel where you check in to die.

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(Photo: Reuters/Altered by The Quint)