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'''Hindu Satkar Samity''' ({{lang-bn|হিন্দু সৎকার সমিতি}}) is a [[Hindu]] [[charitable organization]] based in [[Kolkata]] that performs the cremation of unclaimed [[Hindu]] corpses. The Hindu Satkar Samity is the only body authorized to carry the dead bodies of [[Hindu]]s in the hearses and cremate them.<ref name="tt1">{{cite news |title=Cremation service through decades |author=Rith Basu |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070808/asp/calcutta/story_8135298.asp |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=8 August 2007 |access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref> It was founded in 1932.

== Facilities ==
In 2005, the Samity bought a six-bed mortuary cooler that can preserve a corpse for two days, in order to cater the NRI people.<ref name="tt1"/> However, the Samity couldn't set up the mortuary in its Burrabazar premises, because of objections from the local people. Subsequently, the Samity had requested the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to allot plot of land for setting up the mortuary.<ref name="tt2">{{cite news |title=Dead have no haven |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080514/jsp/calcutta/story_9265059.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=14 May 2008 |access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Crematoria in India]]
[[Category:Hindu organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1932]]
[[Category:1932 establishments in India]]


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