Final rites for nearly 950 COVID-19 victims performed at Srirangapatna
The Hindu
They are people whose ashes had remained unclaimed for months
The post-death rituals of COVID-19 victims, whose unclaimed ashes were immersed in the Cauvery river in June this year, were performed by the Karnataka government, at Srirangapatna on October 4.
Revenue Minister R. Ashok participated in the ceremony (pinda pradhana), which was conducted by some priests at Gosai Ghat on the banks of the river under the supervision of head priest Bhanuprakash Sharma. The names of nearly 950 victims were invoked during the rituals, according to the priests who performed the ceremonies in the presence of Deputy Commissioner of Mandya and other officials of the district administration.
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