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  2. Samskara (rite of passage) - Wikipedia

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    Antam Sanskar, "Final Rite" ― the Sikh funeral rites; traditionally, Sikhs are cremated during the funeral ceremony and the ashes are collected and immersed in a body of water. Other rites of passage such as Dastar Bandhi , the first tying of the Dastar (the traditional Sikh turban), may also be celebrated.

  3. Samskara (Indian philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    In Hindu philosophy, Samskara are the impressions and dispositions that develop and accumulate deep inside a person from perception, inference, choices, preparation, practice, interaction with others, thoughts, intent, willful actions and such karma. These manifest as habits, behavior, tendencies, psychological predispositions and dispositions.

  4. Indian rituals after death - Wikipedia

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    Hindu rituals after death, including Vedic rituals after death, are ceremonial rituals in Hinduism, one of the samskaras (rite of passage) based on Vedas and other Hindu texts, performed after the death of a human being for their moksha and consequent ascendance to Svarga (heaven). Some of these vary across the spectrum of Hindu society.

  5. Upanayana - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu. 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. "Veerashaiva seers endorse lesson on Basaveshwara but with a few modifications". The Hindu. 6 June 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. News articles "Hyderabad devotees welcome 57-feet tall Ganesh idol". The Asian Age. PTI. 25 August 2017. Nearly 500 weavers who took part in making the 'kanduva' and 'jandhyam' ...

  6. Antyesti - Wikipedia

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    A Hindu cremation rite in Nepal.The samskara above shows the body wrapped in saffron cloth on a pyre. The Antyesti rite of passage is structured around the premise in ancient literature of Hinduism that the microcosm of all living beings is a reflection of a macrocosm of the universe. [10]

  7. Chudakarana - Wikipedia

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    The Chudakarana (Sanskrit: चूडाकरण, lit. ' arrangement of the hair tuft ') or the Mundana (Sanskrit: मुण्डन, lit. ' tonsure '), is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu saṃskāras (sacraments), in which a child receives their first haircut.

  8. Karnavedha - Wikipedia

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    Karnavedha (Sanskrit: कर्णवेध, Karṇavedha) or Karnavedham is one of the sixteen major samskaras (sacraments) known as "Shodasha Samskaras" of Hinduism.It is an ear piercing ceremony that is typically performed between the first and fifth years of life.

  9. Antam Sanskar - Wikipedia

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    Antam Sanskar (Gurmukhi: ਅੰਤਮ ਸੰਸਕਾਰ atama sasakāra) refers to the funeral rites in Sikhism. Antam (or Antim) means "final", while sanskar means "rite". [1] In Sikhism, death is considered a natural process and God's will or Hukam. To a Sikh, birth and death are closely associated, because they are both part of the cycle of ...