It lasts for a year. Prayers will help me go to the next phase of my life and hope that the prayers and gifts can make the journey easier. For two weeks family and friends come to my home for vegetarian food, to talk, play games and much more. The games being played are board games, cards and dominoes which help keep the mind busy during this difficult time. This helps to pass time, pay respects and to be with one another. Multiple nights a singing group comes to play music and sing prayers. The casket needs to have flowers and spray me with perfume. Family members return home and bathe after the burial. This cleans them and makes sure no spirit has followed them. Death has also been in the home; therefore, bathing and cleaning is followed. The Pundit purifies the home with incense, prayers and mantras. All family must stay home. Certain foods, sweets, fruits and meat should not be eaten. During this process no one is allowed to go and visit family or friends, attend social functions and much more. Having family and friends come to the home and help create positivity to help my