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November 27, 2004

Watch 'em burn over streaming videoNews

Ummm. I don’t really know how to explain this one so I am not going to even try. You gotta believe that there is a market for this. Right?

DESIGNERS of an Indian high tech crematorium have decided to screen funerals online so that people who can’t make the ceremony can watch it from the comfort of their own home.

The website will be called www.mokshadham.org [note: website is probably .com and not .org, and it isn’t up yet] which in Sanskrit means “abode of liberation”. Most Hindus believe that cremation brings liberation, mukti or moksha. Hence, the site where relatives are burnt is called a samadhi. Holy men, sadhus, may become liberated while they are still alive and so are buried, not burnt. Because of these considerations, Hindus rejoice at death and only the faithless mourn.

The site is expected to be live by June.

abhi on November 27, 2004 06:59 PM in News · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



2 comments

 1 · Theo on November 27, 2004 10:13 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Burn, baby, burn ...


 2 · Ennis on November 28, 2004 07:20 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)
"The site is expected to be live by June."

Ouch. Unfortunate choice of words by whoever you are quoting.


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