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Left: Phoolkali, a visitor at the Jarimata temple in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh; Right: The temple is dedicated to Javitri, a widow who allegedly committed sati in 1984. | Khabar Lahariya “It is ...

Though motivation and glorification of sati is a crime under the Commision for Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987, dozens of small and big temples flourish unchecked in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and across ...

But even though sati may be simply falling out fashion, but women's activists and legal experts are worried it may be revived for commercial reasons. Last week, 60-year-old Sharbati Bai attempted to ...

In 1818 the rani of Travancore confronted a strange problem. A woman called Veeramma, widow of an immigrant soldier, wished to burn herself with his remains. Permission was denied, only for Veeramma ...

Hero stone indicates that two wives of a king performed sati after the king’s death during a battle. The depictions and inscriptions on Veeragallu aka hero stones, are mostly about battles, death of a ...