A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism
consist of a procession to the burning ground followed by cremation to the accompaniment of the recitation of sacred texts and by the circumambulation of the funeral pyre anti-clockwise. Charred bones are thrown into the river, traditionally on the third day. Libations and offerings (i).png)
for the dead follow for ten days.
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