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Sati is a Hindu custom in India in which the widow was burnt to ashes on her dead husbands coffin. Basically the custom of Sati was believed to be a voluntary Hindu act in which the woman voluntary decides to end her life with her husband after his death. But there were many incidences in which the women were forced to commit Sati, sometimes even dragged against her wish to the lighted coffin.
There are different theories about the origins of Sati. Some theories say that Sati was introduced to prevent wives from poisoning their wealthy husbands and marrying their real lovers. Some theories say that Sati began with a jealous queen who heard that dead kings were welcomed in heaven by hundreds of beautiful women, called Apsaras.
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