The Tibetan sky burials are one of the most famous and unique forms of funeral rituals from around the world. They are a symbol of detachment from the physical body, be it in life or at the gates ...

When I was in India, I saw a great deal of cremation ... piles and the remains were dumped into the river. I also saw “sky burial,” where the corpse is left on an elevated wooden rack to ...

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Left homeless since the past two days, Shabnam, late Tuesday night, gave birth to a girl under the open sky while fighting ... I somehow arranged for her burial, but no one is listening to our ...

Picking his way over the rocky canyon floor, he noted how the cavernous walls towered so high that they almost obscured the sky. But an extraordinary ... ibn Abdallah, an Indian-born student ...

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