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Sati or suttee as a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre, India 1727

Sati or suttee (a now obsolete Hindu funeral custom), where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or commits suicide in another fashion shortly after her husband's death. From voyages made to Persia and India 1727, by Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo (1616–1644). seventeenth-century German adventurer, who wrote about his travels through Persia and India. .

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Sati or suttee as a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre, India 1727

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Sati or suttee (a now obsolete Hindu funeral custom), where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or commits suicide in another fashion shortly after her husband's death. From voyages made to Persia and India 1727, by Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo (1616–1644). seventeenth-century German adventurer, who wrote about his travels through Persia and India. .

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Keywords:

1727 • BURIAL • BURNING CORPSES • BURNING • COMMUNITY • CREMATION • CULT, HINDUISM • DAY • FUNERAL CREMATION • FUNERAL • FUNERARY • HINDUISM • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HORIZONTAL • ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUE • INCINERATION • INDIAN CULTURE • LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE • OPEN • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • PAGE • PYRE • SATI • SETTING ON FIRE • SMOKE • SOCIAL ISSUES • SUICIDE • SUTTEE • TRADITION • TRADITIONAL CEREMONY • TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONS • WIDOW BURNING • WIDOW CREMATION