SAYREVILLE, N.J. _ When Sejal Vyas’ mother died suddenly last year, her family wanted a traditional Hindu funeral with sacraments like incense and kindling, but her father also had a special request.

(RNS) — Hindu advocates hope the new bill would better fit the spiritual needs of a community that largely cremates its dead. (RNS) — At the funeral of Nikunj Trivedi’s uncle a few years ago, the ...

Sinead O'Conner held a Hindu funeral service Saturday for her "beautiful" son that was attended by about 50 mourners -- including his father Donal Lunny Mark Doyle / SplashNews.com Sinead O’Conner ...

Shane O'Connor, the teenage son of Irish musician Sinéad O'Connor, had penned plans for his own funeral before tragically taking his own life last week. Sinéad O'Connor said on Twitter that her son, ...

PUTTAPARTI, India – Throngs of tearful devotees gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's best-known Hindu ascetics who was revered by millions as a divine incarnation with ...

With the death toll from the virus continuing to climb, Church leaders have authorized cremations even though the burial practice is viewed locally as a Hindu custom, not a Christian one. A funeral ...

SANTOKHGARH, India – Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives – including his wife and daughter – were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu ...

MUMBAI, IndiaMUMBAI, India — Hundreds of thousands of grieving supporters thronged the streets of Mumbai on Sunday for the funeral of Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob ...

FOUR Indian NGOs in Melaka held a peaceful rally and submitted a memorandum to the state government, urging for a proper place to carry out Hindu funeral rites, Makkal Osai reported. Social activist ...

Reporting from Katmandu, Nepal — The family of Usha Shrestha gathered along the banks of the Bagmati River on Monday to bear her body down to the funeral pyres. They carried her on a stretcher ...