The practice of sati

The Practice of SATI

- A PRESENTATION BY ANIL KUMAR -

What was sati ?

• Sati is a practice among Hindu communities where a recently widowed

woman, either voluntarily or by force, immolates herself on her deceased

husband's pyre.

• The woman who immolates herself is, hence, called a Sati which is also inter

preted as a ' holy woman' or a 'good and devoted wife’.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SATI OR THE MYTHOLOGY OF SATI

#The term sati is derived from the name of goddess sati , wife of Shiva . Sati immolated herself because her father insulted her husband .

# In some castes , sati used to be buried alive with her deceased husband especially in NATHSthe ascetic and WEAVER community.

# Acc.. to the Greeks recorded the earliest incident of sati and in the 4th century B.C. alexander’s soldiers found it in north west India.

#Rani Padmani (johar)

Law and Act.

In the 16th century, Humayun was the first to try a royal agreement against the practice. Akbar was next to issue official orders prohibiting Sati and since then it was done voluntarily by women He also issued orders that no woman could commit Sati without a specific permission from his chief police officers

The Portuguese banned the practice in Goa by 1515.

The Dutch and the French banned it in Hugli-Chunchura (then Chinsurah) and Pondicherry.

Bengal sati regulation act 1829.

The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856.

Commission of sati prevention act 1987

DEFINITION OF SATI IN ACT 1987

anyone who Glorification in relation of sati.

The arranging any function regarding sati.

The supporting and justifying the practice sati in any manner.

The creation of trust, collection of fund, construction of temple, preserve the memory of sati who has commit sati.

Law and Act. According to 1987

Powers of collector and district magistrate to prevents offences relating to Sati:

Power to prohibit certain Acts.

Power to remove certain temples or other structure.

Power to Seize certain properties.

PUNISHMENTS

Attempt: whoever attempt to commit sati shall be punishable with imprisonment or fine and both

Abetment: whoever abet the commission of such sati , directly or indirectly, shall be punishable with death or imprisonment of life and fine also.

Glorification: Any act the glorification of sati shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extent seven years with the fine five thousand or may extent to thirty thousand.

Sati was regarded as a barbaric practice by the Islamic rulers of the Mughal period.

Raja ram Mohan Roy and William Bentinck .

Annie Besant, She was famous as a social worker, social reformer , political leader, women's rights activist . She fought for the Human Rights of Indian women in 1893.

Swami Dayananda Saraswati in favor of widow re-marriages.

Jyotiba Phula was also a great supporter of widow re-marriage.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is remembered as one of the pillars of “Bengal Renaissance”. He also laid heavy weight on the concept of widow re-marriage and helped alleviate apathy of the Indian Widow.

Period (1943-1987) : 30 cases

A well documented case ROOP KUWAR(18 year old) in 1987 at Rajasthan.

In 2002 , a 65 year old women by the name kuttu , Panna district Madhya- pradesh.

In 2006 , Vidyawati , a 35 year old women , fatehpur district in the state of U.P.

On 21 August 2006, Janakrani, a 40 year old woman ,Sagar district Madhya pardesh.

On 11 October 2008 , a 75 year old woman, Lalmati verma , Raipur district Chhattisgarh.

HUMAN RIGHTS GETTING VIOLATED FORM SATI PARTH

According to UDHR following Articles are being violated:

Article 1 * Article 19



Article 5

Article 8

Article16

Article 18

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