Kiskindhākānda - Canto 25

Śrī Rāma consoles Sugrīva and others. Entrusting Sugrīva with the work of getting firewood for the cremation of Vālī, Laksmana asks Tārā to arrange for a palanquin to carry Vālī in state to the crematory. Placing the dead body of Vālī as commanded byŚrī Rāma on the palanquin brought by Tārā, Sugrīva and others carry the palanquin to the riverside and, taking it down on a sandy bank, prepare a pyre. Vānara women comfort Tārā mourning the death of Vālī with his head placed in her lap. Placing the dead body of Vālī on the pyre, Angada sets fire to it. At the end of the cremation they all offer water to the spirit of the deceased and return to Śrī Rāma's presence.