The Indian Funeral Company are Asian funeral directors serving Lichfield and its surrounding areas, arranging Hindu, Sikh and other South-Asian funerals with cultural care. Based nearby in Walsall, we come to your family across the city, day or night, and take care of every practical detail.
Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year · Hindi & Punjabi speakers
Lichfield — the Staffordshire cathedral city known for the three spires of its cathedral, the “Ladies of the Vale” — is home to a smaller and more dispersed South-Asian community than the towns of the inner West Midlands. For a Hindu or Sikh family here, that can make it harder to find funeral directors who genuinely understand their traditions, rather than a general firm learning as it goes. The Indian Funeral Company arranges these funerals week in and week out.
We are based a short drive away in Walsall and serve Lichfield and the surrounding areas around the clock. We do not ask a grieving family to travel to us at the hardest moment of their lives — we come to you, whether that is your home in Boley Park or Burntwood, a hospital, or the mandir or gurdwara your family belongs to. Our founder Meera Bhanot and her team guide you in English, Hindi and Punjabi, and take care of the paperwork, the timing and the rites so you can be with your family. Read our Google reviews from families across the West Midlands and Staffordshire.
From the first phone call to the final farewell, we handle the practical work of the funeral so your family can concentrate on grieving, praying and being together.
Every faith has its own rites, its own timing and its own language of grief. We specialise in both Hindu and Sikh funerals for Lichfield families, and also arrange Buddhist and Jain services. Choose the tradition you are arranging for.
Antim sanskar arranged with cultural care — preparation and darshan, a priest to lead the rites, a crematorium chosen for your family’s wishes, and asthi visarjan or repatriation of the ashes. Meera Bhanot guides Hindu families through every stage.
Hindu funeral directors in Lichfield →Antam sanskar arranged alongside your gurdwara — care of your loved one and the Five Ks, coordination of the shabad kirtan, Kirtan Sohila, Ardas and Bhog, and immersion of the ashes. We work hand in hand with the gurdwara your family belongs to.
Sikh funeral services in Lichfield →Most Lichfield cremations take place at Lichfield & District Crematorium on Fradley Lane at Fradley, just north of the city. Opened in 2013 and set in ten acres of Staffordshire countryside, its timber-framed chapel was designed to accommodate all faiths — a genuine advantage for families observing Hindu or Sikh rites. For a larger gathering, or a longer or private service, we also arrange cremations at the crematoria serving the wider West Midlands, including Bushbury in Wolverhampton and Streetly near Walsall.
What each crematorium permits — a longer service, a private slot, the chief mourner’s role in the committal, or the family witnessing the charging of the cremator — varies from one to the next. As Asian funeral directors who work across this region every week, we know these venues, we know what they allow, and we set clear expectations in advance so there are no surprises on the day. We also coordinate the timing so the crematorium slot fits with your mandir or gurdwara.
Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain rites each have their own norms. We arrange each one properly, guided by your family and your priest or granthi — we never dictate the rites, we support them.
You never have to travel at the worst moment of your life. We come to your home, the hospital, the mandir or the gurdwara, anywhere in Lichfield and the surrounding district, day or night.
Meera Bhanot and the team support families in English, Hindi and Punjabi, and can arrange same-sex funeral professionals to tend to the deceased where that matters to your family.
Our Complete Cremation Package is £3,999 on a weekday, and every charge is set out plainly on our pricing page — no hidden costs at a time when you are least able to question them.
We arrange funerals for families right across Lichfield and its neighbourhoods, as well as Burntwood and the villages around the city. Wherever you are, our funeral services come to you.
We are based a short drive away in Walsall and serve Lichfield and its surrounding areas around the clock. Rather than asking a grieving family to travel, we come to you — your home, the hospital, or the mandir or gurdwara your family belongs to. Call us any time on 01922 438503 and we will begin straight away.
Most Lichfield cremations take place at Lichfield & District Crematorium on Fradley Lane at Fradley, whose chapel was designed to accommodate all faiths. For a larger gathering or a longer or private service, we also arrange cremations at Bushbury in Wolverhampton, Streetly near Walsall and other crematoria across the region. We help you choose the one best suited to your family’s rites.
Yes. We specialise in both. See our pages on Hindu funeral directors in Lichfield and Sikh funeral services in Lichfield. We also arrange Buddhist and Jain funerals, each observed to its own cultural norms.
We are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and Lichfield is a short journey from us. When you call, we begin at once — bringing your loved one into our care and respecting the prompt timing that Hindu and Sikh tradition asks for, alongside medical verification and registering the death.
Yes. Our founder Meera Bhanot and the team support families in English, Hindi and Punjabi, so nothing is lost in translation at a time when clarity matters most. We can also arrange same-sex funeral professionals to tend to the deceased where that is important to your family.
Our Complete Cremation Package is £3,999 on a weekday, including care of the deceased, an oak-veneer coffin, chapel viewing, a Jaguar hearse, a limousine and administration, plus cremation fees of up to £1,000. Every charge is published on our pricing page.
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