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Hindu rituals after death, including Vedic rituals after death, are ceremonial rituals in Hinduism, one of the samskaras (rite of passage) based on Vedas and other Hindu texts, performed after the death of a human being for their moksha and consequent ascendance to Svarga (heaven). Some of these vary across the spectrum of Hindu society.
Piṇḍas are balls of cooked rice mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds offered to ancestors during Hindu funeral rites and ancestor worship . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to traditions in the Garuda Puran, offering a pinda to a recently departed soul helps to unite the soul with its ancestors. [ 4 ]
Rituals of Śrāddha in a Hindu family. Śrāddha (Sanskrit: श्राद्ध), is a ritual that some Hindus perform to pay homage to their pitṛs (dead ancestors). [1] They believe that the ritual would provide peace to the ancestors in their afterlife. It is performed on the death anniversaries of the departed as per the Hindu Calendar.
The last rites are usually completed within a day of death. While practices vary among sects, generally, his or her body is washed, wrapped in white cloth, if the dead is a man or a widow, or red cloth, if it is a woman whose husband is still alive, [ 7 ] the big toes are tied together with a string and a Tilak (red, yellow or white mark) is ...
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The Kumbh has seen stampedes before, in 1840, 1906, 1954 and 1986, according to The New York Times.On the same day of the last Maha Kumbh, 12 years ago, a stampede at the local train station to ...
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For those who grow up celebrating the Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead tradition which originated in Mexico, this holiday can offer an encouraging perspective on the loss of a loved one.