SATI CUSTOM IN INDIA & NEPAL

 

The History Behind Sati, a Banned Funeral Custom in India

The ancient Hindu tradition called sati, wherein a widow would throw herself on her husband’s pyre and burn to death, was initially a voluntary act considered courageous and heroic, but it later became a forced practice. Although sati is now banned all over India, it has a dark history. Culture Trip reports.

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Sati Pratha: This is How Sati Pratha Ended in Nepal

Sati Pratha, It has been less than a century since the most extreme form of violence against women was formally eradicated from Nepal. Chandrashamsher formally put an end to this cruel and inhumane practice on August 25, 1977. But no one formally remembers the 25th of Ashadh, the end of the extreme practice of violence against women. We have tried to discuss historically the horrific form of violence against women, Sati.