What are the rituals performed after the death of an individual?
Depending upon the [wealth of the] family, we perform Terahveen on the third, fifth, ninth or twelfth day after the death. Very poor persons perform it on the third day, a person better off performs it on the fifth day. Similarly, people do it according to their capacity. The person who performs kriya (spiritual ritual) eats only once a day and his food is not touched by anyone else. For the first three days all the members of the family will not eat such food. They do not even have their bath. The well-educated people follow this rule for thirteen days but one person particularly must follow this custom. The person who performs Terahveen on the third day, his whole family participates in the ritual. When the mother dies, the son who performs the kriya does not wear shoes. In fact the day they go for cremation, none of the sons wear shoes.
