Members of Gayatri families from four districts have already arrived for ‘mantra japa’. A Sarva Dharma Prarthana Sabha (mass prayer of different religions) and chanting of veda from 10 m onwards have also been planned. “We are yet to get over the loss and it would take a lot of time to get over the massive tragedy,” he said.įrom Monday onwards, an Astaprahar NamaYajna (24-hour Hare Krishna chanting) will be held along with Biswa Shanti Maha Yajna (for world peace). Sarangi said that as local people were the first responders after the tragedy, they felt the loss of lives to be their own. We will also light 5,008 earthen diyas (lights) in their memory,” said Sarangi.Īt the Bahanaga school where bodies of 211 deceased were kept soon after the accident, the local people held a mass feast on Sunday afternoon for over 10,000 people. This was necessary as many people died untimely death and their desperate cries to save them during the accident still haunt us.

“We decided to hold rituals for a period of 3 days for the salvation of the deceased souls. Jayakrushna Sarangi, a local person from Bahanaga and a member of the organising committee, said that over 200 people tonsured their heads near a pond and took bath as it is an important part of the 10th day rites. The villagers started a three-day memorial service for the train accident victims on Sunday. The villagers at Bahanaga in Odisha’s Balasore district, where a triple-train accident killed 288 passengers on June 2, started a three-day memorial service for the victims on Sunday, the 10th day of the tragedy, beginning with a mass tonsuring programme as part of Hindu rituals.

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