Singapore's Hindu community welcomes a new facility, Karma Kaariya Nilaiyam, at Changi Beach for conducting post-death ...

A new dedicated facility for post-death Hindu rites and Karumathi prayers has opened at Changi Beach, offering privacy and ...

Hindu devotees prepare to scatter ashes of the deceased into the sea as part of Ngaben, a mass cremation ceremony, in Surabaya, Indonesia. Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images Many people see death as ...

SINGAPORE, Dec 29 — A long-standing plea from Singapore’s Hindu community has been answered with the opening of a sheltered ...

The project was first announced five years ago. The facility is meant for Karumathi prayers, which are Hindu rites performed ...

A new facility for post-death rituals for members of Singapore’s Hindu community opened at Changi Beach here on Monday. Announced five years ago, Karma K ...

The project was first announced five years ago. The facility is meant for Karumathi prayers, which are Hindu rites performed on the 13th or 16th day after cremation to mark the end of mourning.

Tradition: In Hinduism, every ritual has a deeper meaning. Certain practices are followed from birth to death. Even the last ...

Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...

(The Conversation) — Across cultures, death rituals give mourners a chance to grieve. But they also offer one last opportunity to help the deceased as they transition to the next stage of existence.

In a significant development for the Hindu community in Singapore, a new facility dedicated to post-death rites has been opened at Changi Beach. The Karma Kaariya Nilaiyam, a one-storey building ...