In Hinduism, the act of performing funeral rites is regarded as one of the most sacred and significant rituals, marking the soul's final journey. According to the Garuda Purana, cremation is the ...

(RNS) — Hindu advocates hope the new bill would better fit the spiritual needs of a community that largely cremates its dead. (RNS) — At the funeral of Nikunj Trivedi’s uncle a few years ago, the ...

The Ganges River in India is a sacred place in Hindu traditions. People put their loved ones' ashes in its waters as a final rite. What happens when a family can't make the trip? Rose Schnabel with ...

Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...

Many people see death as a rite of a passage: a journey to some new place, or a threshold between two kinds of being. Zoroastrians believe that there is a bridge of judgment that each person who dies ...

The Ganges River in India is a final resting place for the ashes of loved ones. For those who can't make the journey, a river in Florida has become a substitute for the funeral tradition. The Ganges ...