King Shanta of Hastinapur proposed marriage to the queen on the banks of the Ganges, then the queen had asked for a promise.
The king would never ask them anything in life and if he did, the queen would leave him forever.
In this process of cremation, out of the parts of the body, the remains of the bones are left. The remains are also burnt to a great extent and these are kept in the form of bones.
The person who dies on the banks of the river Ganges, even if someone does not die on the banks of the Ganges, his bones are flown in the Ganges itself.
Bones should be flown. By this one gets freedom from all sins. The bones of a person remain in the river Ganga for a long time.
Many types of germs and bacteria are produced in the dead body and there is a danger of their spread, which can cause diseases.