Mumbai: At the time of death literally it has become part of life, Mumbai will soon have world-class public crematoriums that are open to all communities.
Ramabai’s eyes Ambedkar Crematorium, not far from Worli Naka, is being transformed into a series of eight closed pavilions where the last ritual can be done under the spacious ceiling and in the middle of the landscape park, with a built-in closed circuit camera that can deliver the ceremony to friends and family throughout the world.
Spread more than 9 hectares – currently seasoned with a nursing, warehouse and giant banyan trees – Worli’s cremator is one of the oldest in the city.
Of the total 202 places for the last rite in Mumbai, BMC manages 64 – has 43 crematoriums (which 11 are electricity), 13 graves for Muslims and 8 Christian graves.
Each of the 8 pavilions in the crematorium will be illuminated by natural skylights, this also has a parsi hall for those who choose cremation, which will remain.
Part of the ground is being converted into a public park.
“Pandemic has caused a focus of life’s fragility.
And everyone deserves die with dignity,” said Bharat Parekh, Trustee for Antim Samskar Seva, a Mumbai organization that offers free cremation services to all communities, and takes the next logical step by reaping existing crematoriums.
Designed by the famous architect Rahul Mehrotra, this project aims to create poetic and functional spaces, while also environmentally responsible.
The first set of pavilions is expected to open this parade, although there may be some delays because of the nearest metro pandemic and metro work, Parekh said.
Trust will manage new Prasthan antim for the next five years.
The RS 40 Crore project has been generously supported by individual donors and companies, may resonate with anyone who has faced death in a city that is too busy to pause and pay attention to this Lacuna.
Philanthropic Hemendra Kothari said, “I could not help but noticed slums ignoring the condition of Worli’s crematorium when I attended the cremation of family members recently.
While I really thought about doing something about it, Dr.
Ramnik Parekh and Dr Bharat Parekh, as if -Wore by telepathy, bringing their proposals to give a dignified last trip to those who died and a calming environment for those who mourn.
“His views were used by many other generators.
RGopalakrishnan, former Director of Tata Sons, said, “The project reminds me that there is nothing more than one second of death, and of course a senior citizen.
Renovating Worli’s crematorium as a modern Sarvadharma free institution should be praised.” Indeed, many in the city knows that this has the potential for their last resting place.
When the highrise residents of the neighbor noticed the new Buffer steel chimney appeared, he walked in and offered a check for Rs 50,000 for the project.
The idea of ​​changing the mourning space into one that emits beauty and tranquility also functions as a point of entry into a greater discussion about aesthetics in public life.
“We are too focused on imagining physical infrastructure such as on flyovers and roads, we need the same emphasis on social infrastructure schools, hospitals, crematoriums, and so on,” said Mehrotra, who currently leads the Urban Planning and Design Department at Harvard University while Continue to engage with projects in India.
The layout has been imagined in such a way that someone leaves the city behind when someone crosses the threshold.
The entrance court leads to an open page of 10,000 square feet, with a water body, around it is an air-conditioned lounge and a prayer room.
Space flow allows social distance and privacy.
Gas pipes will replace traditional electronic crematoriums and remnants will be through the process that is at least damaging the environment of a solid housing environment that includes tall buildings and low-income colonies.
“We imagine the crematorium as a space where humans rest for the last time in body shape,” said Mehrotra.
“The people they love are who the building must really respond – as a container of sadness and celebration.
Then how the building can be articulated spatially to create a sense of greeting and transcendence for traveling to other worlds while not meeting the pragmatic needs of those who are left behind ? “