Custodian Of Ashes

Pandit Dharam Vir has the onerous task of looking after the urns containing the ashes of the deceased at Delhi's Lodhi Road Crematorium. After the cremation, the relatives would usually come the next day to collect the ashes to immerse them in the Ganga at Haridwar according to Hindu rituals. But now as the state borders are difficult to cross through due to the lockdown, many have left the ashes of their loved ones in Dharam Vir's custody. He has meticulously tagged each urn with the details of the family of the departed, to hand them over when they come to collect it after the situation eases.