Bhubaneswar: The Puri district administration is planning to launch a mobile application and website to facilitate online booking for cremation in Swa.
The restrictions on immersion of ashes at Mahodadhi (sea) have also been withdrawn by the administration following decline in infection rates both in the state and the Puri district as well. The district administration has allowed the presence of a maximum 10 persons with the body to carry out funeral rites with strict adherence to Covid protocols.
After a gap of more than three months, the Swargadwar at Puri in Odisha has been allowed to reopen for observance of the funeral rites of the deceased belonging to other districts and States from August 16."The funeral rites of the .