1) How to add an obituary ?
For adding an obituary every user must register with us. You can register to post an obituary by clicking obituary user registration.
On completion of registration process, you will receive an email from ObitsIndia.com. Please activate your account by clicking the link provided
in your email.
After activation you can choose the link from the left panel in order to publish an obituary.
2) What different obituary posting plans are available ?
You can view different obituary posting plans by clicking Obituary posting plans. It also includes the cost of publishing a besanu.
3) Who can post an obituary ?
It is not only for india, but majority of the users are indians residing in different parts of the world. By posting an obituary here, they come together for sharing the pain and sharing their experiences. People from across the world can post an online obituary.
4) How to pay ?
You can pay either by cheque / by demand draft / to our agent. You can locate the agent by using search agent link. Agents to receive and verify the documents are located in India, Usa, NZ, Australia, China and Canada. If you like to be an agent of ObitsIndia.com, please click Become an agent.
5) How to add a memory ?
For adding a memory every user must register with us. You can register to post a memory by clicking Memory user registration.
On completion of registration process, you will receive an email from ObitsIndia.com. Please activate your account by clicking the link provided
in your email.
After activation you can choose the link from the left panel in order to publish a memory.
6) For how much period does my posted listing is active ?
The listing stays for about 5 years minimum. After that it is available for retrieval upon email request.
Featured obituary or memory listing stays active for a minimum period of 1 month / 30 days. This is more for listings received under Intermediate or higher plans. Once 1 month period is over, the listing is available only for search and is not displayed on the home page or any other page as featured listing.
7) Who can pay tribute or add condolence message to my posted listing ?
Two types of listing type is available, Private & public. If choose public obituary or memory listing, anyone
who is a registered user of ObitsIndia.com can add condolence message or pay tributes to the listing. If choose
Private obituary listing or private memory listing, only the users you have notified by email can add condolence
message or can pay tributes to the obituary or memory listing.
8) Where can I find the obituary samples ?
You can find obituary samples by clicking Obituary samples link.
9) Why do you charge money to post an obituary or memory ?
Allowing people to post an obituary or to post a memory for free encourages spammers to misuse the system. We not only rely on wheather the posting fee is received but we also make sure that someone is not adding false obituary or false memory listing data. Though we do not provide gurantee for every obituary / memory listing to be 100% accurate, as there are always chances of human errors.
10) Why have you chosen to develop an obituary or a memory related website, and not birth related ?
We would love to create website that let people share their joy and happiness on arrival of a new family member. We found that there are websites avalable to let people do that. As far as Indians, there was/is no such single source of information from where people can find information about obituaries or can share their experience or pay tributes online. Different subcaste specific listing, state wide listings are all available for people to search.
People can search for their state wide obituaries e.g.
Andhra Pradesh obituaries,
Gujarat obituaries,
Maharashtra obituaries,
Goa obituaries,
Karnataka obituaries,
Tamilnadu obituaries,
Rajasthan obituaries,
Delhi obituaries,
Chandigarh obituaries or you can search for obituaries or memories for castes or subcastes or even last name.
e.g. Brahmin obituaries
Jain obituaries,
Dave obituaries,
Patel obituaries,
Vyas obituaries,
Pandya obituaries,
Shah obituaries,
Malade obituaries. You can view Sitemap to find more links to subcastes or last name wise obituary listings.
10) Do you have obituaries by subcaste or by lastname ?
There are so many subcastes in India that people are not even aware about some. We do have links on the home page which lets you select the subcastes you would like to see obituaries of and searches for obituaries within that subcastes. Some of
subcaste obituaries can be find, by going to Brahmin,
Jain obituaries,
Koli Patel,
Levua Patel,
Modh Vanik,
Halai Bhatia,
Kumbhar,
Audichya Brahmin,
Halai Lohana,
Kachchhi Lohana,
Baj Khedawal,
Anavil Brahmin,
Rajgor Brahmin,
Puskarna Brahmin and many other subcastes or lastname wise obituaries.
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