Question
In Hinduism, male adherents often undergo this process if a member of their immediate family dies. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this practice which is carried out on Hindu babies upon having turned a year old. Many pilgrims traveling to the holy site of Tirupati perform this process as a means of shedding their sins.
ANSWER: tonsure [accept answers involving haircut or shaving one’s head]
[10m] Funeral rites in Hinduism are laid out in a purana named for this figure, Vishnu’s mount, who is represented as an eagle.
ANSWER: Garuda
[10e] Hindu funerals involve the departure of the body through this process, after which the remains of the deceased are released into a body of water like Ganga.
ANSWER: cremation [accept word forms; prompt on burning the body]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 63% | 63% |
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| RIT | Rochester A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rochester C | Rochester B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell Earth | Columbia Ly-α | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |