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WHY CREMATION IN HINDUISM?
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It is this verse shows the way why cremation in Hindu tradition, because - vāyur-anilam amṛtam athedam. Let the ‘prana’ merge with the Cosmic Prana. bhasmāntaguṁ śareeram - let the body go back to its basic elements, no use! After you leave the body, it has no use; you don’t need this after that. If you want, you will have one more body. You will take a new body, but this itself is not required.