volunteers are facing the daunting task of burning the bodies of earthquake victims following who were killed during saturday 's devastating earthquake .
with the death toll now standing at more than 4,000 , mass cremations have been taking place next to the bagmati river , the waterway which divides the nepalese capital , as mourning families attempt to give their loved one the honourable send-off so revered in hindu tradition .
today , plumes of white , acrid smoke could be seen floating across kathmandu , as hundreds of bodies were burned in the ghats beside the river .
scores of dead children were wrapped in orange and gold cloth on the ground .