From Ritual Mourning to Solitary Grief
Reinterpretation of Hindu Death Rituals in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Banhishikha Ghosh (0000-0002-6354-9047, University of Zurich, corresponding author), Athira BK (CSSS/SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 759-776 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228221085175 |
| PMID | 35360983 |
| OpenAlex | W4221065385 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper considers the way the outbreak of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown has egregiously impeded the Hindu death ceremonies and mourning rituals in India. It makes a comparative analysis of how Hindu death rituals get renegotiated, modified and reinterpreted across two vastly different regions of India, both of which have their local customs. Whilst death rituals in India are contingent on the deceased's caste, community, class, gender and age, the impediment to the major death rituals creates a central conundrum for all mourners. It results from the substitution of 'sacred' ritual guidelines with new 'profane' ones for the 'disposal' of deceased COVID-19 patients. Departure from many significant pre-liminal rites, specific transition rites, and post-liminal rites has eschatological, ritual and cultural ramifications. The inability to grieve in unison during a Shraddh ceremony denies mourners any scope to quell distressing feelings about mortality which serves as a source of consolation
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Caste · Ceremony · Consolation · Ethnology · Grief · Hinduism · Hindutva · Liminality · Literature · Political science · Reinterpretation · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies
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Lords of labour
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |