Giving Dignity To Dead: Karnataka Woman Living In Crematorium Has Cremated Over 4000 Bodies In A Decade

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Giving Dignity To Dead: Karnataka Woman Living In Crematorium Has Cremated Over 4000 Bodies In A Decade

While living in the crematorium, Sudharani has cremated more than 4000 bodies, many of orphans and elderly abandoned by their families in old age homes.

Davanagere: Living amidst the dead is surely not for the faint-hearted but Sudharani of Davanagere in Karnataka has been doing it for almost a decade. Not only is she living on the premises of a crematorium but she has been cremating the dead all these years.

In a society where cremating dead bodies is seen as a noble and pious act, she surely has accumulated a lot of nobility and piety through her work. To be precise, she has cremated more than 4,000 dead bodies at Vaikuntha Trust crematorium on PB roa