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Shraddha are the funeral rites and funeral offerings for the dead among the Hindus.

Shraddha is also a popular Indian female name, translating quite accurately as "Faith" in English.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.


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