Ahmedabad: For many residents in the cabin and the Dharmanagar area in Sabarmati, the name Dharmendra Nayak might not ring the bell, but ask for ‘Bakabhai’ and they will immediately direct you to the crematorium in the area.
The resident of Sabarmati has helped people cremate Covid patients since last year.
“I have a job as a shop manager in a company near Jodhpur Crossroads.
However, if I get a call about cremation, my priority is clear.
If necessary, I will leave early and redeem it the next day.
So, I attended many funerals.
Year Then it is about Covid’s death.
This year too, the number of deaths has increased over the past few days, and I help families cremate the body with the right Covid protocol, “said Nayak.
Why did he participate in cremation even when the deceased was not a close relative or friend? Nayak said that at this time people who knew the ritual was thinning quickly.
“My father began to take me to cremation when I was 16 years old.
The philosophy is that it’s okay if we can’t attend someone’s wedding or a profitable event, but we have to stand with family in close and honorable deaths.
Today many don’t know How to bathe your body, tie it perfectly and do the last ritual.
I tried to help people on the last trip they loved, “he said.
Talking about Covid and Nayak’s death has several anecdotes to be shared: “I might have cremated around 50 people with a Covid protocol since the start of Pandemi.
Previously there was too much fear, but gradually, stigma reduced.
In about 15 strange incidents, even family members The deceased was not present because they were in the hospital or tested positive advertisements and could not participate.
On such occasions, we did the last ritual.
“Nayak, now teaches his son and the other details of the last ritual, so the ‘non-extinct tradition’.