This blog is all about the Hindu sacrament in the life of a person which the person closes the concluding chapter of the worldly career. The way one grieves commemorates and disposes the dead varies greatly from culture to culture. Hindus burn, Muslims bury. However, the only common belief at this point is that the survivors need to consecrate the death for the decreased future felicity in the next world. Hinduism is unique among the world's major religions in mandating cremation as one of 16 life rituals. So let us come to know and explore why?
This Samskara, being post-mortem, is not less important because for Hindu the next world is higher than that of the present one. The Baudhayana Pitrmedha- Sutras say," It is well known that after the birth one conquers this earth, after Samskaras after death the heaven. Therefore, the ritualists are very anxious to have the funerals performed with meticulous care.
