Though motivation and glorification of sati is a crime under the Commision for Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987, dozens of small and big temples flourish unchecked in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and across ...

Madhya Pradesh court has sentenced the sons and brothers of a 62-year old woman with life imprisonment, after they forced her to burn with her dead husband on his funeral pyre on August 2002. The ...

Police in India say a 65-year-old woman has burned to death on her husband's funeral pyre committing the outlawed practice of "sati". The incident took place on Tuesday in the central state of Madhya ...

Fifteen people have been arrested in central India after a woman burned to death on her husband's funeral pyre. The suspects in Madhya Pradesh state face charges of murder and conspiracy, the ...

If any individuals or groups are tempted to glorify Saturday’s sati by Lalmati, 70, in Chechar village, Chattisgarh, as seems likely from the ground report, let them recall the law of this land. The ...

A Rajasthan court acquitted the last eight of the accused in the 1987 Roop Kanwar 'sati glorification' case due to inadequate evidence, ending a 36-year-long trial. The case revolved around the forced ...

A Rajasthan Tourism guide recently released by state tourism minister Usha Punia seeks to advertise the state to tourists as "best known for sati matas". <div class ...

Shakti Peetha is the holy place where Mata Sati’s body part fell and the pilgrimage is dedicated to Maa Sati, each year thousands of devotees visit the place and ask for blessings. According to the ...

On March 3, 2004, women's groups including the Rajasthan University Women's Association, Sathin Karmachari Sangh and the National Federation of Indian Women, under the banner of Mahila Atyachar ...

Satish Jhunjhunwala and Ananda Mukherji’s Sati: The Myth of Widow Burning in British India sets out to challenge one of the most disturbing and controversial narratives often associated with Indian ...

On the outskirts of villages and towns in Rajasthan, one invariably comes across votive sanctuaries to local village deities. Nearly all of them are worshipped by locals and visitors as goddesses ...