India  

This Hyderabad man has performed last rites of 13, 000 unclaimed bodies

Video Credit: ANI - Duration: 03:01s - Published
This Hyderabad man has performed last rites of 13, 000 unclaimed bodies

This Hyderabad man has performed last rites of 13, 000 unclaimed bodies

A man in Hyderabad runs a foundation for doing pioneering service by performing the last rites of unclaimed and unidentified bodies.

K Rajeshwar Rao, the founder of Satya Harishchandra Foundation started photographing unknown bodies soon after they were sent to the morgue.

Satya Harishchandra Foundation stands as a repository of information about unknown bodies and unknown patients.

The foundation preserves the data of unclaimed bodies even after the cremation.

Rao started a website to make the data easily available for anyone and everyone.

The website is www.unknownbodies.org.

So far, Rao has cremated 13, 000 unclaimed bodies.


You Might Like


Related videos from verified sources

South India man helps give 13,000 unidentified bodies their last rites [Video]

South India man helps give 13,000 unidentified bodies their last rites

K Rajeshwar Rao, a man from Hyderabad, the capital of southern India's Telangana state, helps give unclaimed and unidentified bodies their last rites.

Credit: Newsflare STUDIO     Duration: 03:04Published