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Tarpana – sacred offering to deities for entrance to heaven. Rasam Pagri – appointment of successor on 4th day after death. Pind Sammelan or Terahvin – 13th day of death. Genealogy registers. Ancestor worship. Toggle Ancestor worship subsection. Pitrs – the ancestors. Jathera, Dhok or Samadhi- the ancestor's shrines.
A Hindu cremation rite in Nepal.The samskara above shows the body wrapped in saffron cloth on a pyre. The Antyesti rite of passage is structured around the premise in ancient literature of Hinduism that the microcosm of all living beings is a reflection of a macrocosm of the universe. [10]
The ritual is also held on the death anniversary of the ancestor. The shraddha is performed only at noon, usually on the bank of a river or lake or at one's own house. [5] Families may also make a pilgrimage to places like Varanasi and Gaya to perform Shraddha. [3] [4] [17] An annual Pitru Paksha Mela at Gaya on the banks of River Falgu ...
A 19th-century painting depicting the act of sati. Sati or suttee was a Hindu historical practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband 's funeral pyre. It has been linked to related Hindu practices in regions of India. Greek sources from around c. 300 BCE make isolated mention of sati, but it likely developed ...
e. Sallekhana (IAST: sallekhanā), also known as samlehna, santhara, samadhi-marana or sanyasana-marana, [ 1 ] is a supplementary vow to the ethical code of conduct of Jainism. It is the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and liquids. [ 2 ] It is viewed in Jainism as the thinning of human ...
Terahvin (Hindi: तेरहवीं, Punjabi: ਤੇਹਰਵੀਂ) refers to the ceremony conducted to mark the final day of mourning after a death by North Indian Hindus, and sometimes Sikhs. [1] The term terahvin means thirteenth, and the ceremony is held on the thirteenth day after the death being mourned. [1] Alms are given to the poor ...
In India (and Nepal), a death anniversary is known as shraadh (Shraaddha "श्राद्ध" in Nepali). The first death anniversary is called a barsy, from the word baras, meaning year in Hindi. Shraadh[1] means to give with devotion or to offer one's respect. Shraadh is a ritual for expressing one's respectful feelings for the ancestors.
Shmashana. A shmashana (Sanskrit: श्मशान, romanized: śmaśāna) is a Hindu crematory ground, where dead bodies are brought to be burnt on a pyre. It is usually located near a river or body of water on the outskirts of a village or town; as they are usually located near river ghats, they are also regionally called smashan ghat s.