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 Manikarnika Ghat is also a very important Ghat according to the cremation point of view and consequently appears the most hallowed Ghat in Benaras. According to the customs of Hindu, being burned here gives an immediate doorway to emancipation from the rotation period of births and rebirths. Additionally, this Manikarnika Ghat in Banaras lies amid five tirthas that stand for both creation and destruction. The cremation ceremony that takes place at Manikarnika Ghat includes the mortal leftovers are consigned to fire with the prayers that the souls rest in everlasting silence and a sacred well famed as the Manikarnika Kund is assumed to be excavated by Lord Vishnu at the time of creation whereas the burning ashes of the burnt bodies make one memorize the unavoidable damage of the whole thing in the humanity.
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