"FUNERAL KITS" BEING SOLD ONLINE NOW; HELPS INDIANS IN LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS

Funerals are not easy to deal with and it is certainly not easy to prepare for it. Traditional Indian funeral ceremonies come with elaborate rituals and grieving families often find it hard to prepare for them.

Online startups have come up to make the job easy for bereaved families. With final rites kits being sold online, family members need not rush to shops in search for items needed to perform the last rites of their loved ones. companies are selling items including cow urine, incense sticks and bamboo stretchers.

Even priests can be booked online now! Recently, Mumbai-based businessman, Parag Mehta had to order a kit online as he was pressed for time. Reportedly, a box containing 38 items for the ceremony arrived. Mehta reportedly said, "It made our lives easier in an extremely emotional and stressful time."