This, for Hindus, sacred river is one of the most polluted in the world. People bath in it, wash their clothes in it and for many people living next to the river it is the only water source. Yearly thousands of dead Hindu bodies are being burned here and their ashes are scattered in the river so they can go to heaven. Walking along the river in Varanasi is an experience and I saw many religious rituals with a pungent smell hanging around it…