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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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