Mourning houses packed as flood victim families perform final rites
Summary
Mourning houses in Kathmandu are overflowing as families of people missing or killed in the Rasuwa floods and landslides arrive to perform final rites. Many are holding symbolic funerals with Kusha grass effigies at Pashupati Aryaghat when bodies cannot be recovered.
Key Points
- Mourning houses in Kathmandu, especially around Pashupati, have reached capacity as flood-affected families arrive for final rites.
- The Pashupati Area Development Trust has converted additional spaces and waived some cremation fees for disaster victims.
- Families are performing symbolic funerals with Kusha grass effigies when bodies of missing relatives cannot be found.
- Officials say there is no integrated public record of mourning house capacity or availability in Kathmandu.
