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Archive for March 13th, 2008

Indian Village 13-day ceremony: By Richard Clarke

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

The ceremony – Shraddha After a death in India, the body is cremated or buried usually within one day of the death. Then a few days later an elaborate ceremony is performed, called shraddha. The details of this vary by location and caste. In Tamil Nadu the number of days after the death that this [...]