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P. Vijayakumar, a societal activistic who performs past rites for unclaimed and orphaned bodies successful Tiruchi, received the Governor’s Award 2025 nether the societal work class astatine a relation held astatine the Lok Bhavan, Chennai, connected Monday.
Mr. Vijayakumar, who is simply a yoga teacher and managing trustee of the Amirtham Social Service Trust, Tiruchi, conducts the last rites for abandoned and unclaimed corpses, ensuring that they are accorded dignified past rites. In addition, helium has established a escaped room and provides regular escaped meals to the underprivileged, reflecting his committedness to marginalised communities.
“Along with my woman and daughter, I execute the past rites of unclaimed bodies, ensuring that they are cremated oregon buried with owed respect and dignity. During the highest of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cremated galore specified bodies erstwhile families were incapable to travel forward. I person besides pledged to donate my body, with my family’s consent, to the K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College successful Tiruchi,” helium said.
