Dharwad: Musthaq Ahmed, man who helped transportation, funeral of over 15000 dead bodies passes away
Dharwad: Musthaq Ahmed Khatri, the man who has transported around 15 thousand dead bodies since the last 24 years using the ambulance gifted by the Brahmana Sabha at Dharwad, and provided them with appropriate funeral rites, passed away recently.
The Brahman Sabha in Dharwad had gifted Musthaq Ahmed Khatri with an ambulance named ‘Marali Mannige’ (Back to the soil).
For the last 21 years, Musthaq had been working as the driver of this ambulance and possessed knowledge about the funeral rites and customs of different religions. It has been learned that Musthaq used to do the final rites of 4-5 dead bodies everyday that had succumbed to COVID.
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Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity, passes away
New Delhi (PTI): Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, known for designing the world's tallest statue — Statue of Unity — in Gujarat, passed away late on Wednesday night at his Noida residence, his son said.
He was 100 and ailing with age-related illnesses.
"It is with profound grief that we inform you of the passing of my father Shri Ram Vanji Sutar on 17th December midnight at our residence," his son Anil Sutar said in a note shared with the press on Thursday.
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Born in a humble family in Gondur village under the Dhule district of present-day Maharashtra on February 19, 1925, Sutar is known to have been drawn to sculpting from his childhood.
A gold medallist from JJ School of Art and Architecture, Mumbai, Sutar, has to his credit a long list of achievements.
The iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi seated in a meditating pose and of Chhatrapati Shivaji riding a horse on the Parliament premises rank among his finest creations.
The Statue of Unity honours Sardar Patel, country's first deputy prime minister and home minister.
Sutar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Recently, Sutar was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, the state's highest award.
