Hindu priest serves as keeper of family histories

By Emily Wax/Washington Post

December 14, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CST

Ashish Sharma Pawan, 28, a priest in Haridwar, northern India, records in a 144-year-old book the genealogies of families visiting the ancient city to pay homage to their dead.

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