This is confusing - hindus dont drown their dead. They cremate them and the ashes are frequently immersed in rivers (which is also a bad practice, but not as ba

This is confusing - hindus dont drown their dead. They cremate them and the ashes are frequently immersed in rivers (which is also a bad practice, but not as bad as floating the dead onbthe water). Floating the dead on any of these rivers would be ill-tolerated by the fairly powerful religious community.