Sati was a religious funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recently widowed Hindu woman either voluntarily or by use of force would have immolated herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. According to Hindu mythology, Sati the wife of Dakhsha was so overcome at the demise of her husband that she immolated herself on his funeral pyre and burnt herself to ashes. Since then her name 'Sati' has come to be symptomatic of self-immolation by a widow. Sati was prevalent among certain sects of the society in ancient India, who either took the vow or deemed it a great honor to die on the funeral pyres of their husbands. The practice is rare and has been outlawed in India since 1829.
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