What we arrange
Funeral coordination, religious rites, burial and cremation, repatriation and spiritual support.
Malaysian Indian Funeral Association
Indian funeral care in Malaysia, from the first call onward
A registered non-profit association. We coordinate Indian and Hindu funerals across Malaysia, with respect for your family's faith, your customs and your wishes.
Registered as
- Persatuan Pengebumian India Malaysia
- Registration no. PPM-003-14-06102019
- A registered non-profit community association
When a death happens in the family, two things arrive at once: grief, and a list of things that must be done today. MIFA exists to take the second one off your hands.
The Malaysian Indian Funeral Association, registered as Persatuan Pengebumian India Malaysia, is a non-profit community association. We coordinate Indian and Hindu funeral services across Malaysia. Our line is open at any hour.
If a death has just occurred
You do not need to know the procedure. That is our job. Call us, and we will take you through the next few hours one step at a time: releasing the person from the hospital mortuary, the burial permit, the priest, the venue, the timing of the rites.
What it costs
If money is the problem, say so when you call. It will not change how we treat you, and no family in this community should go without a dignified farewell for want of it.
Where to go next
Three places to start. If you are not sure which, call and tell us what has happened.
Sacred journeys
Ancestral rites at Gaya and the Kashi Moksha Yatra, arranged for Malaysian families.
About the association
Who we are, how we are funded, and the founder the association was built around.
Why families call MIFA
We are a non-profit
MIFA is a registered community association, not a commercial funeral chain. What we charge covers what things cost. Where a family cannot pay, we say so and we help anyway.
We speak your family's language
Tamil, Malay and English, including with elderly relatives who need the procedure explained slowly and more than once.
We know the paperwork
Burial permits, death registration at JPN, embassy clearances for repatriation. We have done this before, so you do not have to learn it during the worst week of your life.
We stay after the funeral
The 16th day prayers, the annual remembrance, and for families who wish it, ancestral rites at Gaya and Kashi.
Sacred journeys
For families who wish to complete the observances at the places the tradition holds them. Arranged from Malaysia, end to end.
One continuum of care
For many Hindu families, honouring someone continues long after the funeral. Four stages, and we are there for each.
The final farewell
The funeral itself: collection, preparation, the venue, the priest, and the committal to fire or earth.
Religious observance and the 16th day
The daily rites through the mourning period, and the karumathi that formally closes it.
Ancestral remembrance
Gaya Pitru Tarpana, Pind Daan and Shraddha, performed at Gaya for the ancestral line.
Spiritual pilgrimage
Kashi Moksha Yatra: immersion of the ashes in the Ganga, and rites at the ghats at Varanasi.
Support our work
MIFA assists families who cannot afford a funeral, and arranges farewells for people no one comes to claim. That work is funded by members and donors, and by nothing else.