You must have seen many funerals of humans, now dogs, cats and other pets are also cremated. However, there is a shocking news from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. A tree has been cremated here. Here a woman has cremated a 150-year-old Samal tree with all the rituals in the crematorium. This giant semal tree, standing on the Belda Ganga Canal track for the past 150 years, fell due to strong winds on Friday.
When Shalu Saini, a social activist from Muzaffarnagar, came to know about this, he picked up some branches of the tree and took them to the cremation ground and performed the last rites by lighting these branches as per Hindu customs. He said that after hearing the news of the tree falling, he felt that an old person in his family had breathed his last. The patriarch’s time is running out. So, he immediately decided that this heirloom would be dedicated with full respect, according to Shalu Saini, this is no ordinary tree, but contains countless memories of four generations.
A 150-year-old Samal tree fell on Friday
It stood proudly for 150 years, but a strong gust of wind toppled it over. He said that in this incident the roots of the tree are definitely separated from the ground, but even while leaving it has sown new seeds of dedication, values ​​and humanity for the society. Shalu Saini, who cremated the unclaimed bodies, said he had taken the initiative to offer tarpan to the semal tree. After this, firewood was brought from Belda and cremated in the New Mandi burial ground as per Hindu customs.
Thousands of bodies have been cremated
Now on the Amavasya of Pitru Visharan i.e. 2nd October, he along with other souls will offer ritually for the salvation of the tree in Havankund. Let us tell you that social activist Shalu Saini has been in the news since the Corona period regarding the cremation of unclaimed dead bodies. So far she has cremated thousands of unclaimed bodies. For this he has been honored with the Limca Book of Records and many other awards. It not only cremates unclaimed Hindus in crematoriums, but also cremates Muslim bodies in cemeteries without any discrimination.