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  2. Sati (practice) - Wikipedia

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    Ceremony of Burning a Hindu Widow with the Body of her Late Husband, from Pictorial History of China and India, 1851. Following the outcry after the sati of Roop Kanwar, [140] the Government of India enacted the Rajasthan Sati Prevention Ordinance, 1987 on 1 October 1987. [141] and later passed the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987. [19]

  3. Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 - Wikipedia

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    Source: [11] A regulation for declaring the practice of sati, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus, illegal, and punishable by the criminal courts, passed by the governor-general in council on 4 December 1829, corresponding with the 20th Aughun 1236 Bengal era; the 23rd Aughun 1237 Fasli; the 21st Aughun 1237 Vilayati; the 8th Aughun 1886 Samavat; and the 6th Jamadi-us-Sani 1245 ...

  4. Category:Hindu rituals related to death - Wikipedia

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    Sati (practice) Śrāddha; T. Tarpana; Terahvin; Trunyan; V. Indian rituals after death This page was last edited on 25 July 2023, at 14:46 (UTC ...

  5. Superstition in India - Wikipedia

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    Sati is the act or custom of a Hindu widow burning herself or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband. [15] After watching the Sati of his own sister-in-law, Ram Mohan Roy began campaigning for abolition of the practice in 1811. The practice of Sati was abolished by Governor General Lord William Bentinck in British India in ...

  6. Pinda (riceball) - Wikipedia

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    It is a collection of 400 heroic poems about kings, wars and public life. This book has mentions of this rice ball called Pindam and is one of the common death rituals followed by Hindus of South India. [6] [7]

  7. Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 - Wikipedia

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    The Act seeks to prevent sati, the voluntary or forced burning or burying alive of a widow, and to prohibit glorification of this action through the observance of any ceremony, participation in any procession, creation of a financial trust, construction of a temple, or any actions to commemorate or honor the memory of a widow who committed sati ...

  8. Inside the ancient Indian ritual where humans become gods - AOL

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    For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates ...

  9. Pativrata - Wikipedia

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    Secondly, she undertakes various rituals and fasts to please the deities, hoping that they would protect her husband from harm and grant him a long life. [2] Sati is often used as a synonym for a pativrata - one who preserves her purity - physically, mentally, and emotionally. It is also used to denote a woman who immolates herself on the ...