Hindu Nat community to cremate their dead instead of burying

Bareilly: A community meeting held at Salava village in Moradabad said that people of nomadic Hindu Nat tribe will be able to cremate their dead, breaking away from the long tradition of burying the dead. Glad with the decision, people of Hindu Nat community said that now they would be able to perform last rites in a dignified manner instead of burying dead bodies at Gram Samaj land.Notably, Nat people have been burying their dead for decades.
Village head Saroj Devi’s husband Mahendra Singh Randhawa said that for years it had been disturbing him that a big chunk of Hindu population in the village was not following Hindu rituals while performing last rites. Following that he decided to eradicate the decades old dogma of burying dead of Hindu Nat community and discussed the matter with villagers.