Showing posts with label tombstones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tombstones. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

All Souls Day

People usually visit the cemetery on all souls day to pay their respects to their near and dear ones. I make it a point to walk around and have a look at all the graves, some colourfully decorated 





while some make it simple with just a single bouquet 


It’s a pleasure to walk around the St Sepulchers cemetery in Pune.

I saw these small graves which were unmarked (probably infants) but someone had left some flowers on the graves  


Some sit down and painstakingly arrange each and every flower 



I noticed this dog with a collar. Was he spending a few minutes of solitude with his master? 


Some of the graves looked uniform, (with similar decorations) 


If you have the time and patience, you get to read some good and meaningful writings on the tombstones. 



I noticed that on the older tombstones, the cause of the death was also mentioned. 



I was fascinated by the statue of an angel behind this lady 



I don’t think the present day craftsman can make anything like this in marble or stone.



The next time I must make it a point to go early. The noon sun is not the right time to click pictures.