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Kerala samadhi case: Police and authorities seal the burial tract of 81-year-old Gopan Swami successful Aralumoodu, Neyyattinkara. (Express Photo)
The body of Gopan, the self-styled spiritual guru whose mysterious death has attracted a constabulary probe, was buried successful a specially-erected crypt — dubbed arsenic “maha samadhi” — astatine his location astatine Aralumoodu adjacent Neyyattinkara successful Thiruvananthapuram Friday.
The assemblage of the 69-year-old Gopan was lowered into the enclosure successful a sitting position, and the crypt was filled with ashes and camphor portion scores of Hindu sanyasis led the prayers. Since Gopan belonged to Hindu Nadar community, respective leaders of the assemblage outfit Vaikunda Swami Dharma Pracharana Sabha (VSDP) took the pb successful the rituals.
The lawsuit has drawn important contention earlier this week, with the household having objected to opening the enclosure aft constabulary registered a missing lawsuit based connected a ailment from locals. However, the Kerala High Court’ involution to find the origin of decease paved the mode for exhuming the body.
The constabulary exhumed the assemblage Thursday, and a postmortem was conducted astatine the authorities aesculapian assemblage here.
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