Tag Gruhayagnya

Death Expenses Upto Thirteen Days Detail

So one need not be worried whether one has omitted some.
If the Purohit does not do the Dhanas after one has given him money, the Sin would accrue to him and not to the Kartha.
For the Thirteenth day, expenses for Food and Pooja materials(Pooaja materials might cost maximum Rs.500) is to be borne by the householder.

Yama First To Walk Death, When did Cremation Begin

The Cremation of the Dead spread from Sanatana Dharma to Sumeria,and later to Greeks.

Homer mentions thus,

'Never again will I return from Hades when I have received my meed of fire". '

-Patroklos,in Homer's Iliad.

Patroklos, Doesn't it resemble Pitrulok,the abode of Ancestors of Hinduism?