I was out of city to reach a town which is around 350 kilometers away. The person whom I was meeting took his last breath on Saturday at 6:20 AM and was never going to try to breathing once again. I was meeting him to send him safe and also burn him to ashes.
I reached the town around 11:30 pm on the same day night. Had to rest my body to flat position at least for some 4 to 5 hours time by keeping my eyes closed. Yes! I was tired and had to sleep for 5 hours.
The sun kept rising and the stroke of the ocher fell on my eye lids demanding for the black and white rolling stuff to view the beauty. It must be around 6 in the morning as I walked out to the street and watched the house where I should be leaving in the next hour. The house had a new temporary roof made in the front with tent materials.
I sipped the sunrise coffee, it’s an addiction for me. I will not be able to do anything if I don’t sip the coffee in the morning. I rolled the beddings and dressed my self in a unfashionable style. I stepped out of the house where I was staying to reach that house. The door was wide open and people were dropping in and dropping out. They also came for the same purpose I had come.
The time was heading noon, everyone had paid their respect to him as he was resting in freezer box which had a intake of some 220 volts and covered with a glass top. The time was moving steadfast and it was time to get his body out to bring it to ashes.
I stepped out of the house to look at the mortuary travel facility. I noticed a mortuary auto. Haven’t seen anything creative and usable like that before. The vehicle was decorated with flowers and also had a bird tied and hanging. His body was perfectly fitted in the provided rails and was taken across the small lanes showered by flowers to reach the final destination.
The auto gave some acceleration as it was going too slow and finally engine was stopped at the electrical funeral. This was the first time I was witnessing electrical funeral. It was a touch of creativity and technology. People were gathered there too and once the body was taken out of the auto and kept at the electrical burial, a perfect situational background music was played to add more glamour to the occasion. The final formalities were completed and his body drove inside the electrical furnace. The end result a small pot of ash and probably few bones too. The remains provided was also not left, it was finally washed at shores of river of kaveri.
Being a bachelor all his life, there were no 3rd and 10th day rituals, a sad thing I thought being a bachelor. He was leading his life in a very good manner by helping others and showering lots of love and affection for the people whom he thought they deserved it. He was my uncle.
Thought can share my experience of taking the last ride with someone.
I reached the town around 11:30 pm on the same day night. Had to rest my body to flat position at least for some 4 to 5 hours time by keeping my eyes closed. Yes! I was tired and had to sleep for 5 hours.
The sun kept rising and the stroke of the ocher fell on my eye lids demanding for the black and white rolling stuff to view the beauty. It must be around 6 in the morning as I walked out to the street and watched the house where I should be leaving in the next hour. The house had a new temporary roof made in the front with tent materials.
I sipped the sunrise coffee, it’s an addiction for me. I will not be able to do anything if I don’t sip the coffee in the morning. I rolled the beddings and dressed my self in a unfashionable style. I stepped out of the house where I was staying to reach that house. The door was wide open and people were dropping in and dropping out. They also came for the same purpose I had come.
The time was heading noon, everyone had paid their respect to him as he was resting in freezer box which had a intake of some 220 volts and covered with a glass top. The time was moving steadfast and it was time to get his body out to bring it to ashes.
I stepped out of the house to look at the mortuary travel facility. I noticed a mortuary auto. Haven’t seen anything creative and usable like that before. The vehicle was decorated with flowers and also had a bird tied and hanging. His body was perfectly fitted in the provided rails and was taken across the small lanes showered by flowers to reach the final destination.
The auto gave some acceleration as it was going too slow and finally engine was stopped at the electrical funeral. This was the first time I was witnessing electrical funeral. It was a touch of creativity and technology. People were gathered there too and once the body was taken out of the auto and kept at the electrical burial, a perfect situational background music was played to add more glamour to the occasion. The final formalities were completed and his body drove inside the electrical furnace. The end result a small pot of ash and probably few bones too. The remains provided was also not left, it was finally washed at shores of river of kaveri.
Being a bachelor all his life, there were no 3rd and 10th day rituals, a sad thing I thought being a bachelor. He was leading his life in a very good manner by helping others and showering lots of love and affection for the people whom he thought they deserved it. He was my uncle.
Thought can share my experience of taking the last ride with someone.
