How do Hindu migrants in Australia maintain their traditional funeral customs?

How do Hindu migrants in Australia maintain their traditional funeral customs? SBS Hindi spoke to Hindu priest Acharya Rami Sivan and one of the founding members of the Australian Council of Hindu Clergy. He explains what initiatives are in place to increase death literacy in society and the urgency to approach the subjects of death and grief with greater understanding and sensitivity.

Over the past four decades, Acharya Sivan has played a key role in consecrating temples across Australia and the US, training priests, and writing extensively on Hindu philosophy, rituals, and spirituality. Credits: supplied

(Disclaimer: The views/opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the individual. SBS neither agrees nor disagrees with them.)

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