Ghat at Umsunduzi River finds favour with locals.(News)

From: Post (South Africa) | Date: September 26, 2007 | Copyright information

BYLINE: story: JOLENE MARRIAH AND RONELL NAIDOO. pictures: niney ruthnam

PLANS are afoot to build a ghat facility to allow residents to dispose of the ashes of their dead at a holy place at the Umsunduzi River.

The ghat will accommodate a host of deities on the walls, and water from the Ganges River in India will be used during disposal of the ashes similar to that at the Clare Estate Crematorium in Durban.

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