A 2-year-old child lit the funeral pyre of his father: There was no money for the funeral, and his wife and daughter sat near the body, weeping.

In Indore, a two-year-old girl performed a funeral pyre for her father, who died in a hospital. The family, except for the girl, her mother, and her sister, had no means to arrange the final rites, leading to the girl performing the ritual due to the family's dire financial situation.