A stage where purification of the cremation ground and laying pyre is conducted.
Dahana-Samskaram ULTERIOR HONOUR
Ekoddista-Sraddha
This is the stage where the body is purified as a preparation for the pyre; as an offering to the lord of fire.
Pancha-PindadanamA stage where purification of the cremation ground and laying pyre is conducted.
Dahana-SamskaramThe final rites of funeral.
The moment of cremation is one of pure liberation felt both by the lost and the loved for each other. An instant of strengthening and brittling felt by the living in finality as the spirit of the dead leaves the house; from whence a form monumentally stands reaching out symbolically, is the farthest reaching farewell.