Tradition: In Hinduism, every ritual has a deeper meaning. Certain practices are followed from birth to death. Even the last rites performed after a person dies involve several procedures. Let's find ...

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 ...

Hinduism, one of the world’s oldest and most complex spiritual traditions, embraces a nuanced understanding of life, death, and the journey of the soul. Funeral rites in Hindu culture are deeply ...

Originating in North America, the blossoms have become central to Hindu rituals in India. Once revered by the Aztecs, marigolds also feature prominently in Hindu rituals across India. Photographed on ...

For many Indigenous worldviews, death is understood as a return to land, ancestry, and collective continuity. The body is not something to be preserved indefinitely—it’s something to be given back to ...