A Hindu ritual for the dead

A Hindu ritual of getting in touch with departed elders. Once every year, these elders are believed to visit and bless the family in the form of ravens. On the chosen day, food is left for the visiting ravens. A family feast follows.

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Travel & Events

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• India
• DrRam
• Kerala
• tradition
• departed
• elders
• ravens
• Hindu
• ritual

[jrstinton]

Hey tony... I just thought you should know... your ignorance is showing

[KingGyanendra]

tonyshit, Like your name implies, your contribution to this interesting debate seems to be just to leave a bad smell behind!

[tonyshit80]

Pangan religion......they worship everythings, stone, monkey, cow, tree and so on, what ever they thought ...

They are in darkness, even in their books probhibite them to do such things...

all of them will go to hell....so pity

[ZamorinRaja]

These rituals for our dead form a very important part of our Hindu heritage.

[ZulfikarAliBhutto]

I agree with motorhound

[motorhound]

We sleep when we die until the 2nd coming of the Saviour.

[DevGowda]

Don't criticize our traditions without understanding them!

[BegumZia]

Hindu superstitions know no limits!

[PranabMukherji]

Before we ridicule these rituals, let me ask one or two questions: How many of us know for certain what happens to us after we die? Can we be certain that these people are wrong about the ravens who are fed on these occasions?

[VictoriaBeckam]

Whatever we in the west may think of these quaint rituals, these people are serious in their beliefs about them! And who are we and what do we know that can controvert their beliefs?