Video: Andhra Family Wades Through Waist-Deep Water For Man's Funeral
NDTV
Fifty-three-year-old Shankar from Kasturi Nayudu Kandriga in Chittoor, died yesterday.
Andhra Pradesh was hit by heavy rains after a low depression area was formed over the Bay of Bengal. Amid heavy showers, a family in the state's Chittoor district crossed a canal to complete the last rites of a man.
Fifty-three-year-old Shankar from Kasturi Nayudu Kandriga in Chittoor, died yesterday. Very heavy rainfall was predicted over the state by the weather department. To perform the last rites, the family had to cross the canal to reach the cremation site.
Holding the bier on their shoulders, the man's family and people from his village waded through waist-deep water. Two men stayed ahead, directing the rest who were holding the bier. A man was seen holding an earthen pot in his hand for the cremation.
