Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
66. Did Women have to Jump into the Fire when their Husband Died?
Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
Brian K. Pennington [+]
Elon University
Brian K. Pennington is Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society and Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University.
Description
The practice of sati, whereby some Hindu wives burned on the funeral pyres of their deceased husbands, was outlawed by British authorities in 1829. Prior to that, it was always very rare and always challenged within India by Hindus who denied that it was an authentic Hindu practice.