(RNS) — Hindu advocates hope the new bill would better fit the spiritual needs of a community that largely cremates its dead. (RNS) — At the funeral of Nikunj Trivedi’s uncle a few years ago ...

DuPage County Board members have backed plans for a funeral home and crematorium to be built along Route 83 near Bensenville despite objections from village officials.

Local News Muna Pandey laid to rest 2 weeks after she was shot, killed inside her SW Houston apartment Muna Pandey was laid to rest Monday evening in a traditional Hindu funeral ceremony.

When we think of Hindu funerals, the image of a burning pyre by the river instantly comes to mind. The fire, rising into the ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of grieving supporters thronged the streets of Mumbai on Sunday for the funeral of Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob ...

Friends may call at Dobbs Funeral Home on Wednesday, February 2 from 5-9PM. Traditional Hindu funeral services will be held Thursday, February 3 from 9:30-11:30AM. Attended cremation to follow.

A devout Hindu declared himself "overjoyed" Wednesday after winning a court fight to be allowed to be cremated in Britain on an open-air funeral pyre.

Thousands of mourners attended the state funeral of former Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Wednesday who was cremated with Hindu rites by the side of a sacred river in the capital, Kathmandu.