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2. Columbarium - Wikipedia

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   In Buddhism, ashes may be placed in a columbarium (in Chinese, a naguta ("bone-receiving pagoda"); in Japanese, a nōkotsudō ("bone-receiving hall"), which can be either attached to or a part of a Buddhist temple or cemetery. This practice allows survivors to visit the temple and carry out traditional memorials and ancestor rites.

3. How Much Do Cremation Services Cost? - AOL

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   When planning a funeral for a loved one, or for yourself, cremation may be presented as an alternative to burial. In terms of the expense involved, the average cremation cost can range from $1,500 ...

4. Natural burial - Wikipedia

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   The cemetery allows for both burial and cremation as long as embalming is done without formaldehyde or other harsh chemicals. They also ensure that remains are placed into a non-toxic, biodegradable container. Graves are not allowed to be marked with traditional headstones, but they offer a granite stone at the site's entrance for name engraving.

5. Ossuary - Wikipedia

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   An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce.

6. City creates garden at Rose Hill Cemetery for scattering ...

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   What's left when a human body is incinerated at 2,000 degrees is about five pounds of gray ash the consistency of course-grain sand called "cremains."

7. Burial - Wikipedia

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   In modern times, the custom of burying dead people below ground, with a stone marker to indicate the burial place, is used in most cultures; although other means such as cremation are becoming more popular in the West (cremation is the norm in India and mandatory in big metropolitan areas of Japan [13]).