CULTURE

Hinduism is a religion that treats birth and death as a part of the same karmic cycle,celebrating both ritually in the same spaceIf we want to observe a slice of life in all its joys and sorrows, its hopes and triumphs,its pride and pathos.This is the only religion on the earth death day is celebrated.The Ganga is one of the sacred river of the Hindu.In this religion life exists side by side with the melancholy satisfaction that resonates with the departure of a dear one,who has finally,we hope and pray,broken free of the endless rounds of birth and death and attained a higher state,becoming one with the divine.If we believe in reincarnation, one of the central concept of Hinduism,every death carries in itself the seed of another birth,and the possible of doing better this time around on the karmic scales- a karmic do-over,if we will.And so,the wheel of life turns on and on,with its endless rounds of birth,death,rebirth,death,and then,with a bit of luck and lots good karma,the attainment of Moksha.MOKSHA quite literally,liberation or release.A deliverance from the cycle of birth and death as the soul(atma)becomes part of divinity(paramatma).When a soul has finally tallied its debit and credit ledger and arrived at a zero sum that will free it from the dreary dross of earthly matters.We should follow the rules of Dharma,and we will reborn the highest level of achivement.Those who perished having lived an honest,simple,devout life,will get their reward in this world or the next.And that immersing their remains in the holy river will give them a head start on that next journey.