Tag: Harischandra Yojana

Worth mentioning, under the yojana, a poor family receives Rs 2,000 to perform the last rites of the deceased person. 

Puri: Conducting funeral rites at Puri Swargadwar, of late, has turned out to be costly affair owing to illegal collection of money by the staff. This has triggered discontentment among people. People usually come to Swargadwar to perform last rites of their loved ones with a belief that a person cremated here will attain mokhsya […]