Sati and Daksha Yagya

Sati and Daksha Yagya… On being enquired by Bhishma about the reason why Sati gave up her life, Sage Pulastya narrated the following tale — Once, Daksha Prajapati had organised a grand yagya in which he had invited everybody except Lord Shiva. This Yagya was presided over by four prominent sages—Vashishtha, Angika, Brihaspati and Narada. […]

Sati Pratha, Ancient Tradition of Hinduism

Sati is an ancient Hindu tradition, wherein a widow must have to enter into the pyre of her husband, in order to meet him and live with him in the heaven, and the act was considered as very pious by the ancient people. The system of Sati was banned all over India, through the efforts […]