Airportthemed crematorium to ease final journey
AHMEDABAD: One is called Moksha (salvation) Airlines and the other Swarg (heaven) Airlines, and both are promising turbulence-free travel to the world beyond, with a smooth landing.
But the offers come with riders: The supposed plane rides are meant only for departed souls and the destination is wherever afterlife takes the dead.
Modelled on an airport complete with departure and arrival lounges with two replica aircraft in attendance, the Antim Yatra (final jour- ney) crematorium in south Gujarat’s Bardoli, some 300 km from the state capital Ahmedabad, is like no other in the country.
To be inaugurated by the end of October, the crematorium resembling an airport terminal is aimed at lessening the pain of bereavement, powered also by belief that the passage to salvation for the departed souls will be smoother. “People are more than happy in accompanying you to the airport than to crematoriums,” said Somabhai Patel, chairman of the Rupaben Sitaram Trust that operates the crematorium.