Sati pratha essay

Premium Cremation, Sati, India 1226 Words | 5 Pages For those who are not familiar of Sati, Sati is a ritualize suicide [or murder?] of widows. When the husbands die, the widows are so “grief-stricken”, that they offer themselves to the flames of the funeral pyre. This is mainly practiced in India. Introduction Roop Kanwar. 1987.

Satī (Devanagari: सती, the feminine of sat "true"; also called suttee) [4] is a religious funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recentlywidowed Hindu woman either voluntarily or by use of force and coercion immolates herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. [1] The practice is rare and has been outlawed in India since 1829. [2]

Sati (also Suttee) Pratha refers the practice or act of burning of a Hindu widow on the funeral pyre of her husband in-order to show her devotion as a true wife. The woman who performs such act is called a “Sati”. Pratha is a Hindi word meaning “Practice”, “Custom” or “Tradition”. There are laws in India that prohibit this practice.

The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 was passed by the Government. The cruel practice of Sati was banned for ever from the Indian soil. The democratic society of India allows women to enjoy as much right as men do. This practice of ‘Sati’ is really unthinkable.