‘The Last Stop’ is a documentary project which showcases portraits of people in the city of Varanasi which is one of the oldest city in the world central place in pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. It is considered one of the most sacred sites in India because it is believed to have been the home of the Hindu God Lord Shiva.
Hindu scriptures say that dying in Varanasi and getting cremated along the banks of the holy Ganges river allows you to break the cycle of rebirth and attain salvation which is otherwise called “Moksha”(Liberation). People move to Varanasi in the later part of their life and continue to live in salvation homes till death.
