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Hindus believe in the soul being indestructible; and that death symbolises end of the existence of a person's physical being, but the start of a new journey for the soul. This soul then reincarnates in some other life form, and passes through the same cycle of taking birth, growing and eventually meeting death- only to begin the cycle afresh.
Cremation of a person's dead body is therefore, supposed to rid the departed soul of any attachments to the body it previously resided in.
Also, a traditional belief among Hindus says that a person's body is composed of 5 elements- earth, fire, water, air and sky. The cremation ceremonies of Hindus are directed towards returning the body to these elements. The body is progressively returned to earth, air, sky and fire by burning it under skies; and the ashes are respectfully collected and poured in a river.
It is said that excessive mourning over a deceased prevents the soul from being completely detached from its loved ones, and keeps it from undertaking its new journey- that of taking up a new life. Cremation (and subsequent ceremonies in mourning) help to remove most of those things that can act as a reminder for the person's existence, and thereby also assist the family in getting over the loss.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoBesides Hindus many cultures and individuals prefer cremation then being buried as it was believed back then that if the person's soul is removed from the body then what is the point in still treasuring that body. It was not the body that friends and family liked about that person who died it was the person's soul and personality that made them who they used to be and if that soul no longer existed then why keep the body. Again like most questions this question too is all about perspective and what people believe, accordingly to their religion.
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∙ 14y ago" Note that the Hindus originally started the practice of cremating their dead for several reasons. They did not want to leave dead bodies around to be consumed by vultures. Such a sight could be very traumatic . especially to the family of the deceased. Hindus also had a reverence for their dead and wanted to maintain sanctity of the corpse against attacks from savages. They did not therefore follow the practice of leaving their dead to the vultures. Cremation was also preferable to burying the dead. A grave or burial site would require a piece of land, which had to be in a good, safe and secure location. Moreover, if the practice of burying the dead had been prevalent, huge areas of good territory would be lost as graves. During early days of civilization, digging a grave would be more difficult, laborious and time-consuming because of lack of proper tools. In comparison, cremation was easier and cheaper (needing no land), because everyone going to the crematorium to pay respects to the dead would simply carry some wood with him to add to the fire."
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∙ 12y agoi think in my opinion that Hindu people burning him/her body because they are thinking that at the end of world i mean the day will come qayamat then they will never birth and God never asked her/him any question because they will never present their.
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∙ 12y agoIf logically considered, Human body if buried inside earth will take several years to decay and might bring some deadly infections to leaving people, so Hindu's burn the body.
If spiritually considered, Human soul is connected to body and once any person is dead, the soul comes out of the body but does not leave this world. They become ghost and never get mukti.
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∙ 14y agoSo that the carcass doesn't smell... and so that all your bad sins are burnt away.
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∙ 15y agoWe get cremated because we believe that the body is nothing without the sould, so this way we know that the soul is free and the body is gone.
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Do hindus bury their the dead?
no they burn them starting from theire head Ans; all religion prefer to burn but Christian and Muslim bury because their country has snow in winter and difficult to find dry wood and in desert shortage of wood leads them to bury. Even Gods birth also related to seson.
Who does the buring of the dead?
Burning of dead is the custom of Hindus, that too mostly by Brahmins. It is called consigning the body to the fire god.
How do Hindus dispose the bodies of the death?
There are two methods that Hindus follow to dispose dead bodies. One is to burn and the other is to bury. Generally, unmarried people may be buried and the remaining may be burnt.
What Happens To Our Bodies After We Die?
Our bodies after death decompose and disintegrate. Hindus burn dead bodies on the fire pyre others bury them in the grave.
What religion burns their dead?
religions that burn their people when the die are budhist believer and hindus i believe that they are weong because after they burn the they pack there remains in a glass bottle:( how sad they get punished in life and hereafter
Who takes Caesar's body away to be burned?
Q; Why Hindus burnt their dead bodies?
How do hindus despose oc bodies after death?
Hindu people generally burn the body of their relatives. Some also throw the whole body in ocean or river.
Why do Sikhs burn dead bodies?
The Sikhs Burn The dead because once the soul has left the body they believe the body is nothing. They sprinkle the remains of ash into a flowing river to give the remains of their body back to nature.
Do Hindus burn the bodies of people that die?
When someone dies, they put the person in a wooden box and burns the box. That is baisically burning the body.
Why do Hindus burn incence?
To get the aroma of their God in there presence.
What do hindus do with people who have died?
burn them are sprinkel the ashes in a religious river
Are Hindus cremated?
Yes they are. They believe that it is the only way to release the atman (soul) from the body. Otherwise the atman will be trapped inside the dead body and will not be able to carry on in the circle of life and recarnate.
