Swami Antim Sanskar

  Majority of population in India comprises Hindus. It has been seen in various cities all over India that many Hindu families create unwanted noise just because of religious festivals. Our blood boils to hear people creating so much noise during Diwali, Ganpati, Holi and many other Hindu festivals where maximum damage is done due to these observances. Even though our political scenario has changed today still there are some old traditional barriers which are yet not broken down. Here at AntimSanskar Service We are working towards making various Hindu communities understand the importance of AntimSanskar.   What is an Antim Sanskar? It is actually a symbolic act where three degs TILAK, DOOD and AARTI signify that one has left behind sins during that religious festival or occasion. One who does not cremate or bury the dead bodies but simply throw it around makes a mockery of our religious rites. We do not let dead bodies rot in water or dust, we cremate it and then put the ash

  In our culture, we have been taught from childhood about the greatness of dead bodies and respecting them as if they are gods because these bodies consist of soul i.e.aatma. So many people in India respect dead bodies as if it is god but this understanding is not perfectly correct that by touching or seeing a dead body one will achieve salvation or moksha after death! It would be pertinent to mention here how does a human body becomes a dead body! A human body is made up of five elements i.e.panchmahabhoot or paanch tattva namely pita, majja, shukra, vayu and kapaal. Way for AntimSanskar  When any of these five elements leave the human body then that body becomes lifeless i.e. dead and the person gets liberated from this earth or materialistic world. It is because of this reason that in Indian culture, we have been taught since childhood to look at dead bodies with respect but not to worship them as god/goddess! Now it would be clear why our saints like Guru Gorakhnath ji used to