UP: Last rites of unborn girls performed in Varanasi

Varanasi | Wednesday | 3rd October, 2018

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VARANASI: For the peace of souls of those unborn girls who were killed in their mothers’ womb, the rituals of last rites were performed on the bank of holy Ganga at Dashashwamedh ghat in Kashi on Wednesday. "We believe that these ill-fated unborn girls, who could not get the right of living, should be given the right of 'moksha' (salvation)," Santosh Ojha, the founder of the organisation. Kishori Raman Dubey, Mayank Mishra and many others took part in the rituals. "Abortion of a foetus is like Wednesday killing of a living being. The Mahanandaleshwar of Kinnar Akhada Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, Pt..