My father-in-law died and my husband is in the military deployed overseas and can't come back for the funeral and everyone is looking at me to organize everything but I don't know the men's rituals.
More people experience this than they realize.
Service to country and service to family collide, leaving loved ones to improvise sacred duties they were never trained to perform.
“Where Are You with Hindu grief practices — antyesti and shraddha?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.