The rocks befor Tramar village

High up in the rocks people dig caves to store the bodies of their relatives. In their tradition the sky burial is common. A human corpse is cut into small pieces and placed on a mountaintop or this caves, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. In Tibetan and Thakali the practice is known as jhator, which literally means, "giving alms to the birds."