Local people worshiping bones in Pakistan before leaving for India.
The ashes of 400 Hindu dead kept in bone urns for years at the Hindu crematorium in the old Golimar region of Karachi in Pakistan reached India on Monday (3 February) via the Wagha-Attari border of Amritsar. These bones have reached the Ganges river for almost 8 years
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A special prayer meeting was held at Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple in Karachi on Sunday (2 February) after getting a visa of India in Mahakumbh Yoga. In this, the relatives of the deceased gave him a final farewell, so that they could be immersed in the Ganges for salvation.
Earlier, on Wednesday, a large number of devotees reached the Golimar crematorium in the old Karachi, where special prayers were made for bone urns. The families who had to immerse the bones of their loved ones in Haridwar reached the crematorium, as the cremation certificate of the crematorium and the death certificate of the deceased was mandatory for bone immersion in India.
Shri Ram Nath Mishra Maharaj, chairman of Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple Committee, reached India via Wagah-Atari on Monday with the ashes of 400 dead.
Government of India issued visas during Kumbh Suresh Kumar, a resident of Karachi, was waiting for his mother Seal Bai to take the bones to Haridwar. He breathed a sigh of relief last week when he came to know that the Indian government has issued a visa for the bones of 400 Hindu dead. His mother died on 17 March 2021, and the family applied for India’s visa at the same time, but there was a lot of delay in getting approval.
Suresh told that he had decided to wait for Mahakumbh, which comes once every 144 years. It symbolizes the completion of 12 Kumbh Melas and this time it is happening between January 13 to February 26, which is giving us a limited period of 45 days to complete rituals related to our religious and funeral.
Priority in the Ganges river Suresh Kumar said that if the visa was not available, he could have immersed the bones in the Indus River too, but Ganga was his first option. In Hinduism, the Ganges is the holy river, which flows directly from the Himalayas and its stream is considered pure for salvation.
Shriram Nath Mishra Maharaj, who entered India from the Attari border with the bones of 400 dead.
Shri Ram Nath Mishra Maharaj reached India with 400 bone urn Shri Ram Nath Mishra Maharaj, chairman of Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple Committee in Karachi, was allowed to take the Indian visa and the bones of the dead. With his efforts, the way was cleared to immerse the bones kept in the crematorium in the Ganges for the last 9 years.
Sahil Kumar and Komal, who arrived in the last prayer in the Hanuman temple, also made arrangements to send the bones of the family to India. Sahil’s father Jagdish Kumar and Komal’s mother Vimala Kumari were siblings, who died during 2 months. Both Sahil and Komal applied for India’s visa, but they could not succeed in the absence of any sponsor.
Shriram Nath Mishra Maharaj with the bones of 400 dead kept in Pakistan.
This time more bones were sent to India Shriram Nath Mishra Maharaj has told that earlier in 2011, 135 in 2011 and 160 in 2016 were brought to Haridwar. This time he has come to India with 400 bones. Keeping in mind the long journey, white plastic jars were used instead of traditional urns, which were imposed red colored lids, so that there is no harm during the journey.
On Sunday, the Bone Kalash Yatra was taken out after the final prayer at Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple, which was led by Shri Ram Nath Mishra. The journey reached the Cantonment railway station. From here the bones were brought to Lahore and then Wagah border via train. From here, he has now left for Haridwar with bones.
Keeping bones in ambulances to leave Pakistan.
Haridwar will have prayers for 2 weeks Shriram Nath Mishra Maharaj, who reached India, has said that he considers himself blessed and fortunate that God gave him an opportunity to do this great work for the peace of such dead souls.
He said that till the conclusion of Mahakumbh Mela, he would make special prayers for the peace of the soul of the dead for 2 weeks in Haridwar and finally the bones will be immersed in the Ganges river.
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