COVID-19: Rajsthan teacher performs 60 funerals in a year, says 'last month was very hectic, cremated 3-4 bodies daily'

: Thursday, May 20, 2021, 5:33 PM IST
COVID-19: Rajsthan teacher performs 60 funerals in a year, says 'last month was very hectic, cremated 3-4 bodies daily'
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Jaipur: A government teacher in Udaipur, Rajasthan has a become family member for those families who somehow could not perform the last rites of their loved ones. This teacher and his friends not only perform the last rites of patients who died of Covid but telecast it live for the family so that they can have their last darshan.
This teacher Kishan Soni is a physical instructor in a government school. He and his team of friends have performed 60 such funerals since April last year. He told that in April last year a patient of Nimbahera died of Covid here in Udaipur. His family members were also infected and there was no one to perform his last rites. Soni said, "The deceased belongs to my community so I got a call from the hospital as I am an office-bearer of one of the organizations of my community. It was really difficult for me to do that as there were many misconceptions and my family was very scared, but I performed the last rites with Covid protocol. Then I decided to continue this as I felt that this kind of situation could happen to any family and it proved right as we have done 60 such funerals."

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