Does anyone know if any of the hospitals in Khon Kaen or In local area have cremation facilities ?

No hospital has this. In fact, I do not know of any country where hospitals have such facilities or deal with permanent disposal of bodies....it is not a medical matter.

 

In Thailand, crematoriums are in Buddhist temples. Not all temples have them, though. Locals will know where the nearest one with one is located.

On 10/29/2016 at 7:01 PM, Sheryl said:

No hospital has this. In fact, I do not know of any country where hospitals have such facilities or deal with permanent disposal of bodies....it is not a medical matter.

 

In Thailand, crematoriums are in Buddhist temples. Not all temples have them, though. Locals will know where the nearest one with one is located.

With the lack of a response, thanks, from the OP, let me offer my thanks for your reply. I was wondering about the same topic.

Thank you Sheryl for your reply.

 

A friend was recently cremated on a "platform"  - sorry don't know correct word in Thai or English ( perhaps pyre ? ).

It was not in a temple, just in what looked like a field.
Perhaps part of a temples property ?

No monks ceremony, only the wrapped coins and the follow on party in a different place.

 

 

Thank you malt25 for your reply.

 

There are probably various reasons why people do not wish for a temple based cremation.

I am not even sure if the churches of any denomination do them in this country.

People often say that if your dead you won't know anyway where the cremation takes place.

This is a very cavalier attitude to take.

I follow "no faith" that is my reason, and just as people have reasons for following their faith I have reasons too.

I will ask personally at the hospitals in KK and try to find out more about where my friend was cremated.

He/she was probably cremated at an area of the village known as the 'paa cha', which was once forested, but may these days have no trees left, as they've all been cut down. Isaan people, often being animists first,  and Brahman-Buddhists second, believe in a number of local spirits, and the paa cha was part of the local animist belief system, where the spirits take the soul of the deceased. The temple is a relatively 'new' invention in Isaan society, and has not superceded older belief systems, but just given a few more options in the faith smorgasbord at key life and death moments. 

Why do you want to ask at hospitals where your friend was created and why does the location matter so much to one with 'no faith'? By the way, after the fire, the bones and ash are still gathered up and usually interred in a temple wall, just the same as a normal in-temple cremation.

Disposal of the ashes etc will be per the families request.

Cremation a temple crematorium does not have to be accompanied by any sort of ceremony if none desired.

5 hours ago, plachon said:

He/she was probably cremated at an area of the village known as the 'paa cha', which was once forested, but may these days have no trees left, as they've all been cut down. Isaan people, often being animists first,  and Brahman-Buddhists second, believe in a number of local spirits, and the paa cha was part of the local animist belief system, where the spirits take the soul of the deceased. The temple is a relatively 'new' invention in Isaan society, and has not superceded older belief systems, but just given a few more options in the faith smorgasbord at key life and death moments. 

Why do you want to ask at hospitals where your friend was created and why does the location matter so much to one with 'no faith'? By the way, after the fire, the bones and ash are still gathered up and usually interred in a temple wall, just the same as a normal in-temple cremation.

To plachon

Many thanks for your very interesting reply, will try and read more about what you have said.

Sorry if you are confused, I dont want to ask at hospitals where my friend was cremated, I would like to ask the hospitals if they have cremation facilities.

I will ask some of the falang who went to my friends cremation more about its location etc.

Not sure where my ashes will be spread, I know there are regulations about taking some back to the UK and casting on the sea, unlike here.

My daughters who lived in Thailand took their soi rescue dog from Thailand to the UK many years ago, the dog has recently died from old age and, one of my daughters is bringing some of the ashes back to spread on the sea where the dog came from.

Again"plachon" thanks for the info.