Sati stone in Panna: saddest story written in stone

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• published: 05 Jan 2012
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No sadder story could any stone have told! This is the spot where a brave woman committed Sati or jumped on her dead husband's funeral pyre to kill herself and commit sati or be cremated with her husband. There is no life without the husband, it would seem... or so their religion and culture made them believe. It was often voluntary and sometimes forced. Our camera caught this very ancient stone sculpture in Panna National Park. Sati stones are the stones erected in memory of those women who sacrificed their life for certain specific purpose, especially for chastity and purity. The term "sati" means "chaste woman" and a religious funeral practice as well. Sati is actually self-immolation of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. Sati was supposedly performed to cast away the past sins his husband had committed so that he can be happy afterlife. Sati stones are also called Devli and are also treated as sacred, holy, an object of worship and reverence. At times women were forced to perform Sati under pressure from the community. Some Indian communities had this commonly practiced in the past until it was outlawed in India by the British in 1829. Bandhavgarh National Park located in Madhya Pradesh, India is a famous for bird watching spot. It is home to large species of rare and migratory birds. You can have the pleasure of listening to birds chirping, watch them perch from one branch to another and not to mention, the brightened and colourful birds.Bandhavgarh has more than 250 bird species such as the Indian Plaintive Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo, Blue-bearded Bee-eater, Pied Cuckoo, Asian Koel, White-rumped Needletail, Sirkeer Malkoha, Green Bee-eater, Rose-ringed Parakeet, White-rumped Spinetail, Collared Scops Owl, Blossom-headed Parakeet, Alexandrine Parakeet, Black-shouldered Kite, Osprey, Little Ring Plover, Black-bellied Tern, Honey Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Common Redshank, and other birds. It is advisable to always carry your binoculars to take a sneek - peek at the birds of Bhandavgarh. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com. Tags: Museum Culture Grass Couple Wildfilms Wilderness Documentary sati Acid throwing Breast ironing Bride-buying Bride burning Dating violence Domestic violence Dowry death Honor killing Female genital mutilation Dakshayani Foot binding Forced prostitution Aristobulus Cassandreia Taxila Eumenes Devli Sagar Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan subcontinent.Gupta empire Chinsurah Pondicherry Tranquebar Serampore British East India Company Calcutta William Carey William Wilberforce Raja Rammohan Roy Culture