According to Hindu beliefs, until the deceased’s ... Human ashes are collected on the third, seventh, and ninth day after death. These ashes must be immersed in the river within 10 days.

Simran meets Hemang, a Hindu priest, on a boat in the River Soar in Leicester. He tells her that as our bodies are mostly water, Hindus scatter the ashes in a river after death. He helps the ...

Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, fell in love with Indian royal Kunwar Brajesh Singh, but Soviet politics denied their marriage. Their tragic romance ended with his death in 1967.