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FEW RITUALS AND SACRAMENTS OF HINDUISM |
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| It is customary to drop
Ganga-water
and Tulasi leaves into the mouth of the dying person. The body is
carried on a bier by the nearest relatives and friends of the
deceased. It is then either cremated or buried according to the
custom of the community. If cremated, the ashes and the bones are
later on collected and immersed in the sacred waters of the nearest
river.
If buried, a mound is raised over the remains as a mark of
remembrance Shraddha or offering to the dead also forms an important
item of the last rites. It is performed on the eleventh or the
thirteenth day after death and consists of Homa, Pindapradhana (obsequial
offering of rice balls) and feeding the Brahmanas. |
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