Savithri Last Rites
I have been writing re the illness to Savithri since 2007-8. She has the dreaded C and was being treated for it during 2016. Chemo therapy at Kumaran hosp and Radiation Therapy at the Billroth hospital Chennai. However the C grew beyond medication and since Aug-Sep 2016, she didn't have any medicines. Her food intake also decreased day by day. During the last two weeks of Sept and the first 10 days of October, her condition became pathetic. No food, no mobility. no talking ...
11-10-2016 TUESDAY ---- DEATH.
At the end, on 11 October 2016 (Tue) she breathed her last by 1-15 in the afternoon. Ramesh informed us about the death at 3-30 PM and we two rushed to Nolambur immediately. There she was lifeless, inside the ice box. Oh my God, we couldn't bear this sight! Our sister Savithri who was with us for 73 years is no more. We went to Nolambur with Priya and Rajesh in their car.
Later Subha and Magesh and Venkat came to see her. They all left, then we stayed back with Ramesh and family. We two slept in the same hall where Savithri's body was laid inside the icebox.
12-10-2016 WEDNESDAY
Mangalam, Gopi came. The body was taken to a private morgue and kept in -5 degrees. To escape disfiguration. Ramesh and Viji went to Kilpauk. It was 0400 AM on 12th. We stayed for the night.
13-10-2016, THURSDAY -- CREMATION
The body was brought by 3-30 AM. Ganesh and Sridevi came at 5-30 AM from US. Local relatives started coming. Ashok came from Bangalore, Arvind, Krithika, Gayathri, Priya came. Sudha, Vijaya Raghavan, Sarada mami, Saroja akka came. (Saroja had returned from London this early morning.). Jayaraman, Kalyani, Poornima came. Prakash came. A dozen relatives of Srinivasan (Ramesh Ganesh's father) came.
Vathyar came by 10-15 and started the final rites. The new sari bought by us brothers (bought by Jayaraman) was draped after bathing Savithri's body for the last time. Then the body was carried in an ambulance to the crematorium at Villiwakkam. Both Ramesh and Ganesh sat next to their mother and went. We two, Jayaraman, Mangalam, Sridevi went in a taxi, and Ashok drove another car with others like Viji, Karthik, Vasanth. Prakash came separately.
After the rites at the crematorium, her body was consigned to the Fire at 12:20. END of Savithri. We returned home, took bath, and had lunch.
Ramesh and Ganesh collected their mother's mortal remains and immersed them at Bay of Bengal in Besantnagar. Gopi had gone with them, and the three returned after 5-15 PM They had lunch, and so did Viji, and Sridevi.
We two, Mangalam, Gopi left Nolambur by 6-15 in a taxi and returned to Thiruvanmiyur / Perungudi. Ashok left by 4 PM by bus for Bangalore.
14-10-2016 to 18-10-2016 (Friday to Tues) NO News
19-10-2016 WEDNESDAY. (9th day)
Ramesh, Ganesh started the rites today. Theertham is at Thirumullaivoyal, near to Rakhi theater. Gopi went there for any help. The karyams were over by 11-30 AM.
20-10-2016 THURSDAY (10th day)
At the same theertham. Vasu came from Delhi yesterday and was with us, This morning at 07-15 we three left in Arun's car for Ambattur. via the Chennai By Pass. Gopi, Mangalam, Prakash, and three relatives of Srinivasan also came. The karyam was over by 11 AM. Pathu Kottuthal by all women. Then we three went to Prakash house to take bath, and back to theertham. Lunch for 15 people, and we left Ambattur by 12-15 and reached our home by 1-15.
21-10-2016 FRIDAY (11th day).
At the theertham. Completed by 11:30. We didn't go, but Gopi athimber went.
22-10-2016 SATURDAY (12th day)
At the theertham and house. The karyams at the theertham were completed by 12 noon and they came back to their house for the Sothakumbam. After bath, they performed it. One Brahmin ate, the food cooked by a Mami at the house. Gopi Athimber was with Ramesh and Ganesh. He stayed at Nolambur for the night.
23-10-2016 SUNDAY (13th day)
At their house. We two, Arun, and Vasu reached their house by 8-30. Then, Jayaraman, Kalyani, Saroja, Mangalam, Sudhan, Harshita, Prakash, Sudhakar (from Mumbai) came. Six relatives of Srinivasan also came. The Navagraha Poojai started, followed by the Homam. Then Sarma Sloka. Then lunch. 24 persons ate.
One by one left for their place. We two, Vasu, Sudhakar were there till 4-30 PM, then left in a taxi. Getting down at MIOT, we took a bus home. V & S left by flight. Later, Ganesh and Sridevi left for US by 3 AM flight (24th Oct)
Rajappa
24-10-2016
I have been writing re the illness to Savithri since 2007-8. She has the dreaded C and was being treated for it during 2016. Chemo therapy at Kumaran hosp and Radiation Therapy at the Billroth hospital Chennai. However the C grew beyond medication and since Aug-Sep 2016, she didn't have any medicines. Her food intake also decreased day by day. During the last two weeks of Sept and the first 10 days of October, her condition became pathetic. No food, no mobility. no talking ...
11-10-2016 TUESDAY ---- DEATH.
At the end, on 11 October 2016 (Tue) she breathed her last by 1-15 in the afternoon. Ramesh informed us about the death at 3-30 PM and we two rushed to Nolambur immediately. There she was lifeless, inside the ice box. Oh my God, we couldn't bear this sight! Our sister Savithri who was with us for 73 years is no more. We went to Nolambur with Priya and Rajesh in their car.
Later Subha and Magesh and Venkat came to see her. They all left, then we stayed back with Ramesh and family. We two slept in the same hall where Savithri's body was laid inside the icebox.
12-10-2016 WEDNESDAY
Mangalam, Gopi came. The body was taken to a private morgue and kept in -5 degrees. To escape disfiguration. Ramesh and Viji went to Kilpauk. It was 0400 AM on 12th. We stayed for the night.
13-10-2016, THURSDAY -- CREMATION
The body was brought by 3-30 AM. Ganesh and Sridevi came at 5-30 AM from US. Local relatives started coming. Ashok came from Bangalore, Arvind, Krithika, Gayathri, Priya came. Sudha, Vijaya Raghavan, Sarada mami, Saroja akka came. (Saroja had returned from London this early morning.). Jayaraman, Kalyani, Poornima came. Prakash came. A dozen relatives of Srinivasan (Ramesh Ganesh's father) came.
Vathyar came by 10-15 and started the final rites. The new sari bought by us brothers (bought by Jayaraman) was draped after bathing Savithri's body for the last time. Then the body was carried in an ambulance to the crematorium at Villiwakkam. Both Ramesh and Ganesh sat next to their mother and went. We two, Jayaraman, Mangalam, Sridevi went in a taxi, and Ashok drove another car with others like Viji, Karthik, Vasanth. Prakash came separately.
After the rites at the crematorium, her body was consigned to the Fire at 12:20. END of Savithri. We returned home, took bath, and had lunch.
Ramesh and Ganesh collected their mother's mortal remains and immersed them at Bay of Bengal in Besantnagar. Gopi had gone with them, and the three returned after 5-15 PM They had lunch, and so did Viji, and Sridevi.
We two, Mangalam, Gopi left Nolambur by 6-15 in a taxi and returned to Thiruvanmiyur / Perungudi. Ashok left by 4 PM by bus for Bangalore.
14-10-2016 to 18-10-2016 (Friday to Tues) NO News
19-10-2016 WEDNESDAY. (9th day)
Ramesh, Ganesh started the rites today. Theertham is at Thirumullaivoyal, near to Rakhi theater. Gopi went there for any help. The karyams were over by 11-30 AM.
20-10-2016 THURSDAY (10th day)
At the same theertham. Vasu came from Delhi yesterday and was with us, This morning at 07-15 we three left in Arun's car for Ambattur. via the Chennai By Pass. Gopi, Mangalam, Prakash, and three relatives of Srinivasan also came. The karyam was over by 11 AM. Pathu Kottuthal by all women. Then we three went to Prakash house to take bath, and back to theertham. Lunch for 15 people, and we left Ambattur by 12-15 and reached our home by 1-15.
21-10-2016 FRIDAY (11th day).
At the theertham. Completed by 11:30. We didn't go, but Gopi athimber went.
22-10-2016 SATURDAY (12th day)
At the theertham and house. The karyams at the theertham were completed by 12 noon and they came back to their house for the Sothakumbam. After bath, they performed it. One Brahmin ate, the food cooked by a Mami at the house. Gopi Athimber was with Ramesh and Ganesh. He stayed at Nolambur for the night.
23-10-2016 SUNDAY (13th day)
At their house. We two, Arun, and Vasu reached their house by 8-30. Then, Jayaraman, Kalyani, Saroja, Mangalam, Sudhan, Harshita, Prakash, Sudhakar (from Mumbai) came. Six relatives of Srinivasan also came. The Navagraha Poojai started, followed by the Homam. Then Sarma Sloka. Then lunch. 24 persons ate.
One by one left for their place. We two, Vasu, Sudhakar were there till 4-30 PM, then left in a taxi. Getting down at MIOT, we took a bus home. V & S left by flight. Later, Ganesh and Sridevi left for US by 3 AM flight (24th Oct)
Rajappa
24-10-2016
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