Ever heard of a man who buried unclaimed bodies? After finding out about his own mother’s death from another person who used to bury unidentified bodies, Trivikrama Mahadeva spent his entire life burying bodies of victims of suicides and accidents. The mortician of unidentified bodies in Bengaluru died on July 14 after fighting lung cancer for a long time.
Born on September 29, 1962, in a village near Nanjangud in Mysuru district, Mahadeva came to Bengaluru in 1971, seeking treatment for his ailing mother. As treatments failed, his mother passed away, but Mahadeva did not find out about it until Krishnappa, who was burying unclaimed bodies back then, told him about it a week later. Thus, in 1972, Mahadeva started his selfless service that lasted for a span of over fifty years.
