"No reverence, no solemnity, no respect for the dead is inculcated by such a disposition of the bodies in the most sacred spot of all Hinduism. Cremation is very well, but such cremation!"
-St. Tammany Farmer, 1910
-St. Tammany Farmer, 1910
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It is an old preoccupation:
βMessers. Rice & Perkins have on view some photographs of paintings by Alexander Scott and amongst them a most interesting study of the 'Burning Ghat of Benares,' on the sacred river of Ganges, the Mecca of the Hindoo races of India"
βMessers. Rice & Perkins have on view some photographs of paintings by Alexander Scott and amongst them a most interesting study of the 'Burning Ghat of Benares,' on the sacred river of Ganges, the Mecca of the Hindoo races of India"
Indianapolis Journal, 1900
"Nearby was a burning ghat. The Hindoos burn their dead. Nothing could be more primitive than the way it is done. The corpse is brought in wrapped in a white sheet. About a hole dug in the ground a half cord of wood is stacked."
"Nearby was a burning ghat. The Hindoos burn their dead. Nothing could be more primitive than the way it is done. The corpse is brought in wrapped in a white sheet. About a hole dug in the ground a half cord of wood is stacked."
βSuch unwisely formed family associations do not imply much ardor of live. The family so poorly put together-- who wonders that it is easily taken apart? And so I account for the absence of all signs of grief at the cremation of the Hindoos"
"There is so much of solemnity and so much of barbaric pomp attending the ceremonial... that it may be well said that not to be present at a burning is to lose one of the most interesting entertainments that Hindostan can offer."
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