Cremation, Caste, and Cosmogony in Karmic Traditions.
Cremation, Caste, and Cosmogony in Karmic Traditions.
Cremation, Caste, and Cosmogony in Karmic Traditions.
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Fig. 1.7. Ghat management <strong>and</strong> service committee<br />
Arya Ghat Pashupati, service fee description chart.<br />
Description of work Rate <strong>in</strong><br />
Nepali<br />
Rupees<br />
1. Cutt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong><br />
spread<strong>in</strong>g the grass<br />
on cremation<br />
platform<br />
2. Digg<strong>in</strong>g a burial for a<br />
child (up to 10 years)<br />
3. Digg<strong>in</strong>g a burial for<br />
an adult (above 10<br />
years)<br />
4. Digg<strong>in</strong>g a burial<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a coff<strong>in</strong><br />
5. Br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g wood <strong>and</strong><br />
build<strong>in</strong>g the pyre on<br />
cremation platform<br />
6. <strong>Cremation</strong> per<br />
person<br />
7. <strong>Cremation</strong> of child<br />
(up to 10 years)<br />
8. Carry<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
deceased on bamboo<br />
stretcher from the<br />
close vic<strong>in</strong>ity<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g cremation<br />
9. Carry<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
deceased by car from<br />
the close vic<strong>in</strong>ity<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g cremation<br />
10. Carry<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
deceased by car from<br />
a distance less than<br />
5 kilometres<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g cremation<br />
11. Carry<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
deceased by car from<br />
a distance more than<br />
5 kilometres<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g cremation<br />
12. Kriya. Funeral priest<br />
conduct<strong>in</strong>g mourn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
rituals for five days<br />
only start<strong>in</strong>g at the<br />
eighth day<br />
13. Kriya. Funeral priest<br />
conduct<strong>in</strong>g mourn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
rituals for thirteen<br />
days.<br />
Fee<br />
which<br />
goes to<br />
PADT<br />
Labour<br />
charges<br />
60/- 6/- 54/-<br />
250/- 25/- 225/-<br />
500/- 50/- 450/-<br />
600/- 60/- 540/-<br />
100/- 10/- 90/-<br />
500/- 50/- 450/-<br />
250/- 25/- 225/-<br />
700/- 70/- 630/-<br />
700/- 70/- 630/-<br />
800/- 80/- 720/-<br />
1000/- 100/- 900/-<br />
2500/- 250/- 2250/-<br />
5000/- 500/- 4500/-<br />
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Fig. 1.8. Statement of the prices which have been<br />
fixed by the Ghat management <strong>and</strong> service<br />
committee.<br />
1. Wood, per kg<br />
2. Small pieces of wood for lighten<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
per bundle<br />
3. Rice straw, per bundle<br />
4. Bamboo, per pole<br />
5. Ghee (unfrozen), per kg<br />
6. Ghee Nepali, per kg<br />
7. S<strong>and</strong>al wood, per kg<br />
8. Camphor, per box<br />
9. Ceremonial white cloth (malmal), per<br />
metre<br />
10. Yellow cloth to cover the dead body<br />
(pitamber), per metre<br />
11. Ram-nami, yellow cloth with Ram’s<br />
name written on, per metre<br />
12. Ceremonial white cloth (dhoti<br />
kap<strong>and</strong>a), per metre<br />
13. Ceremonial white cloth (odh-nee), per<br />
metre<br />
14. Ceremonial white cloth (flaat<strong>in</strong>), per<br />
metre<br />
15. Un-husked fried rice (lawa), per maana<br />
(measurement used for weight<strong>in</strong>g<br />
gra<strong>in</strong>s)<br />
16. Threshed un-husked rice paddy<br />
(dhaan), per maana<br />
17. Red s<strong>and</strong>al powder (abir), per box<br />
18. Incense, per box<br />
2,75/-<br />
70/-<br />
10/-<br />
40/-<br />
70/-<br />
250/-<br />
1000/-<br />
25/-<br />
25/-<br />
25/-<br />
150/-<br />
40/-<br />
150/-<br />
50/-<br />
10/-<br />
10/-<br />
15/-<br />
25/-