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My elders have told me " In past whenever someone died people used to plant a tree on his/her name". It tells how sensitive our forefathers were about environment. That is why i had previously said 'proper'.

I can't comment on it scientifically. But i have read that funeral fires if done with properly with exact ingreadients brings certain good effects to environment in totality. Some say gases produced during funeral fire helps bring rain. But i don't 't have scientic explanations for any such...

Its not just about burning but a particular way of sanskar. I my area funeral can only be done with mango tree wood. Ganga is full of aquatic life who seem to be making good use of partial remains of a human body usually thrown into Ganga once funeral fire has died. Catfish is one.