For Hindu families
Thirteen days of people to tell, and one page to tell them on
The cremation comes within about a day, the ashes within three, and the mourning runs on for around thirteen. Somewhere in all of that, everyone who loved them needs to know where to be and when. This is a page you can send once, and keep.
Not sure yet? Read how Hindu funerals work.
What goes on the page
The antyeshti, at short notice
Cremation is generally sought within about a day, which is far faster than most people outside the tradition expect. One link means you can tell everyone at once instead of ringing round.
The thirteenth day
Mourning runs for around thirteen days, though it varies with community and circumstance. The ceremony that closes it gets its own place on the page, with the date, the time and where to come.
The ashes
Collected within about three days and immersed in a sacred river. Families outside India use rivers where they live, and it helps to say plainly which one, and when.
A livestream link
For relatives who cannot get here in a day. When the family is spread between here and India, this is usually the part that matters most.
Tributes, photographs and candles
Hindu mourning makes room for grief to be shown rather than contained. This is somewhere for people to say what they actually feel, and to keep it.
One link to share
Send it once to the family group. Everyone who opens it sees the same details, and sees them updated when they change.
Have a look first
An example, so you can see it before you start
We built one for a family who do not exist, so you can look around a finished memorial without intruding on anybody’s grief. It is clearly marked as an example on every screen.
Look at the example memorialWhat it costs
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If you are arranging one now
Our guide to Hindu funerals sets out what happens and in what order: preparing the body, who lights the pyre, what happens to the ashes, and the thirteen days that follow. It is written against named sources rather than assembled from blogs, and it is honest that practice varies, because there is no single authority here and the family’s own priest settles the detail.
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