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In Varanasi, establishments offer moksha-seekers a place to await death. It is said that dying in Kashi, brings liberation from the cycle of birth and rebirth. For centuries, this prospect is what has motivated the devout to go to Varanasi in their last days. And while in earlier times moksha-seekers would be indistinguishable among the crowd, living out their days in the homes of local residents, today most spend their days, or at times years at one of the many salvation homes in the older part of the holy city.