Online cremation comes to the world wide web

DESIGNERS of an Indian high tech crematorium have decided to screen funerals online so that people who can't make the ceremony can watch it from the comfort of their own home.

The website will be called www.mokshadham.org which in Sanskrit means "abode of liberation". Most Hindus believe that cremation brings liberation, mukti or moksha. Hence, the site where relatives are burnt is called a samadhi. Holy men, sadhus, may become liberated while they are still alive and so are buried, not burnt. Because of these considerations, Hindus rejoice at death and only the faithless mourn.

The site is expected to be live by June.

The Internet scheme is part of a high tech crematorium which is to be built in Vadodara and appropriately funded by Indian Petrochemicals. The other undertakers are the Vadodara Municipal Corporation and the local Rotary Club, which will operate the outfit initially.

Vadodara is located in the very green state of Gujarat. Many UK citizens are of Gujarati origin, because tens of thousands were expelled from Uganda by notorious psychopathic dictator Idi Amin.

According to www.rediff.com, the big idea is that relatives and friends of the dead who are too busy or too far off to make it in time will be able to attend in spirit and see what is going on.

Funerals will be webcast only on request of relatives. A fee will be charged and only registered users will be allowed to watch the cremation. Users can also email condolence messages and chat with relatives. The full story can be found here. µ