Towers of Silence
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2016
The Zoroastrians have an unusual way of disposing off their dead. They neither bury them nor cremate them. Instead, corpses are left atop hi...
Showing posts with the label Cemetery
The Bungalows of Eastern Serbia’s Cemeteries
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 23, 2016
From a distance, the tiny houses on the outskirts of the eastern Serbian village of Smoljinac looks like a couple of cozy summer cabins. It’...
The Tomb of Jesus Christ in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2016
In the distant corner of northern Japan, a place known for terraced paddy fields and apple orchards, is the small village of Shingo, where l...
Kofun: Japan's Keyhole-Shaped Burial Mounds
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2016
The landscape around Kansai, in southern-central Japan, especially around Osaka and Nara, is dotted by curious keyhole-shaped mounds surroun...
Colma, The Town of The Dead
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2016
South of San Francisco, near Daly City, lies the small town of Colma where the dead outnumbers the living by a thousand to one. It’s less th...
The Pirate Island of Île Sainte Marie
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2016
The island of Sainte Marie, or Nosy Boraha, is a narrow granite island located five miles off the remote east coast of Madagascar. This post...
Graves on Airport Runways
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2016
New development projects on previously undeveloped land often encroach upon existing private properties and farmlands. Sometimes such a prop...
The Granite Sculptures of Hope Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2016
One of the main uses of granite throughout America is in tombstones and memorials, and the finest examples of this craft can be seen at the ...
The Luxurious Mausoleums of Manila Chinese Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2016
Walk into the Manila Chinese Cemetery in the Filipino capital and you might think you are visiting a residential suburb. There is a two-way ...
Japan’s Largest Cemetery Okunoin With 200,000 Buried Monks
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2016
In a peaceful wooded area of Wakayama Prefecture, south of Kyoto and Osaka, lies the ancient village of Koyasan or Mount Koya, known as the ...
The Multi-Layered Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2015
In the past when a cemetery ran out of space and there were no more land to expand, a new cemetery was created by layering more soil over th...
The Secret ‘Plot E’ of Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2015
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, in Picardy in northern France, contains the graves of just over 6,000 American soldiers who d...
The Dark Humor of Sapanta’s Merry Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2015
Making jokes about dead people is considered disrespectful and traditionally frowned upon, but not in the small Romanian town of Sapanta. Th...
Ämari Air Force Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2015
The Ämari Air Force Cemetery is located in the small borough of Ämari, in Harju County, in northern Estonia, near the Ämari Air Base. The ce...
The Colorful Cemeteries of Guatemala
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2015
In Guatemala culture, afterlife is highly celebrated, and this cultural aspect is readily visible in their cemeteries. Scattered throughout ...
Dargavs, The City of The Dead
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 30, 2014
Located on the edge of the village of Dargavs, in the republic of North Ossetia–Alania, in Russia, is an ancient cemetery or necropolis. It ...
The Terraced Cemetery of Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2014
The private cemetery on Pok Fu Lam on the western side of Hong Kong island is an amazing sight. Built into the mountainside in terraced step...
The Sunken Cemetery of Camiguin Island
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2014
Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 kilometers off the northern coast of Mindanao. The isla...
Wadi Al-Salaam: The Largest Cemetery in The World
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2013
Wadi us-Salaam, which literally means the Valley of Peace, is an Islamic cemetery located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. The cemetery cove...
The Living Residents of Manila’s North Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2013
Housing is such scarce in the Filipino capital of Manila, that thousands of residents have found an alternative to their housing woes by mak...
