Varanasi holy town - dead body in Ganga

Ghats such as these are useful for both mundane purposes (such as cleaning) and religious rites (ie., ritual bathing or ablutions); there are also specific 'Shamshan ghats' or 'cremation ghats' where bodies are cremated waterside, allowing ashes to be washed away by rivers, noted ghats are Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi by the Yamuna River, and the Manikarnika Ghat at Varanasi