Why don the Hindus erect tombs?
Perhaps the idea is to leave the earth just as one arrives on it (hence the body is cremated in nude), and to have no attachments upon one’s departure. However, tombs are erected for the saints who are said to acquire divinity during their lifetime. Their funeral is conducted even when they are alive (symbolic of their attaining heaven), and upon their death, a Samadhi (or a tomb) is erected.
