While Doing Final Preparations for a Hindu Woman to Be

While doing final preparations for a Hindu woman to be picked up by the funeral home,the health-care worker observes a thread tied around the corpse's wrist and a basil leaf in her mouth.These items:

A) are to be removed only by the next of kin.
B) may be removed by the sadhu, the Hindu holy man.
C) should be left in place.
D) should be collected and given to the eldest son.