Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What do Hindu scriptures say about death?
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The Idea of the Spirit World Coexisting in Indian Rituals
The idea of holding on and letting go is a very important Indian idea. And that's very different from religions like Christianity and Islam where you mark where people are. In Rajasthan, after the king is cremated, they will build a Chhatri. The Lingayats in Karnataka do not cremate the dead but bury them.
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