Odisha: Daughters lend shoulder to mother’s body, perform last rites after sons don’t turn up

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New Delhi: In a crestfallen incident, two sons of a woman did not turn up on her funeral, following which, four women carried the body of their mother on shoulders for 4 kms to the crematorium and performed her last rites in Odisha’s Puri.

As per reports, Jati Nayak, an octogenarian of Mangalaghat in Puri, passed away on Sunday.Jati had two sons and four daughters.

The neighbors said that none of her two sons turned for final rites. It was then her four daughters decided to break the cultural barrier and cremate their mother.The daughters carried their mother’s body outside home and with the help of some neighbors, they prepared the bier needed to carry the body to the crematorium.