Once practiced in certain parts of India, Sati was a ritual where a widow would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre, seen as an act of ultimate devotion. Rooted in patriarchal notions ...

He did not invite Shiva or Sati. Rishi Dadhichi was the only one to point out that Lord Shiva should have been invited. On being rebuffed by Daksha, Dadhichi walked out of the ceremony.