Please will someone enlighten me about the rituals and ceremonies to be followed upon the death of a Sikh.I find it very confusing and absurd that Ardas is performed 4-5 times within the time span of a few hrs, Is the ALMIGHTY too old or deaf or has a very short memory that HE has to be reminded again and again that a certain person has died, and a granthi has to request HIM to take to take the dead person to heaven. And more importantly, is it not the WAHEGURU who has decided to call the Sikh to serve him to heaven,so are we trying to inform the ALL-KNOWING ,without whose knowledge even a leaf cannot flutter, what has happened on earth and what he should do with the dead Sikh"s Atma. Then there is this ritual of hammering four wooden pegs and four iron nails around the ashes of the dead person and a kachaa dhaga wow woven around the ashes.Offerings of puries and mithai are also made They also place some coins in the sack carrying the arthies,so as to make this Sikh"s journey to heaven easier and hassle-free.Many Sikhs carry the arthies to Hardwar to be immersed in Ganga. Is this all done according to the Sikh Rehat Mariada?
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