The day after cremation, all the relatives go to the cremation ground. They first pour some clean and unboiled milk over the ashes. The remains of the corpse are collected in bags and the place of cremation is ritualistically cleansed. The ash is not immersed in rivers as the alkali of the ashes can kill organisms in the water. The Jains dig a hole in the earth and where they bury the remains.
Salt is put over the remains so that it dissolves completely and the hole is then covered with sand.
If a child dies, the body is placed in a pit and salt put over it before the pit is covered. No cremation is performed in this case. These rituals are applicable to both men and women. Therefore, for the Jains, death is a festival, a mahotsav . Crying and observance of anniversaries are not usually followed in the Jain tradition.