The mortal remains of Kerala’s two-time Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who died in Bengaluru on Tuesday will be laid to rest in a special tomb which is being built in an exclusive area reserved for departed priests of his village church on Thursday.
Preparations are in full swing for the funeral after a decision has been taken to lay Chandy’s body to rest in the exclusive priests’ burial area on the church premises instead of his family vault in the cemetery. As a mark of respect for Chandy, the authorities of St George Orthodox Church at Puthuppally decided to change their decades-old practice of burying deceased non-priest church members in the cemetery or in their family vaults.
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