{"id":17852,"date":"2017-07-31T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T15:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=17852"},"modified":"2017-07-31T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T16:18:56","slug":"antim-udan-moksha-airport-bardoli-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/antim-udan-moksha-airport-bardoli-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat&#8217;s Antim Udan Moksha Airport is India&#8217;s First Airport Themed Crematorium for Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Theme-based restaurants and parks are pass\u00e9. A theme-based crematorium is the latest talk of the hour, both online and offline. <strong>Antim Udan Moksha Airport in Gujarat, the first of its kind in India, puts the departing souls of the dead cremated here on international flights to the heaven for ultimate salvation or moksha<\/strong>: freedom from the cycle of birth and death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located in Gujarat\u2019s Bardoli on the banks of Mindhola River, the crematorium is modeled on an airport and equipped with two giant replicas of aircraft. <strong>The airplane replicas at Antim Udan Moksha Airport in Gujarat are named Moksha (salvation) airlines and Swarga (heaven) airlines<\/strong> which seem to transport the souls from the earth to the heaven on cremation of dead bodies here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antim-Udan-Moksha-Airport-Bardoli-Gujarat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17858 size-full\" title=\"Antim Udan Moksha Airport in Gujarat is India's first airport-themed crematorium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Antim-Udan-Moksha-Airport-Bardoli-Gujarat.jpg\" alt=\"airport themed crematorium Gujarat, Incredible India, offbeat things India\" width=\"650\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What\u2019s the most interesting about Antim Udan Moksha Airport in Gujarat is the airport-like announcement which is made to guide funeral parties on entry into the crematorium and instruct them where to keep the body<\/strong>, how to proceed for cremation, etc. There is very little difference between the announcement made at the crematorium and that at airports as well as in planes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What makes the crematorium more like an airport is the typical noise that an aircraft makes while taking off. A similar noise is created when dead bodies are placed in furnace at Antim Udan Moksha Airport in <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/photographs-of-life-in-gujarat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gujarat<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. The atmosphere of the airport-themed crematorium is intended to soothe the mourning family members under the impression that the dead depart for salvation in the heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Also Read<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/gujarat-temple-offers-divine-pens-to-school-students-in-incredible-india\/\" class=\"ss-button default\"><strong>This Temple Offers Divine Pens for Success<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Somabhai Patel, the President of Antim Udan Moksha Airport, says that he wants the people of Bardoli to recognize the crematorium as a salvation airport where the souls take flight to the heaven<\/strong> <strong>from<\/strong> once dead bodies are cremated. People from 40 villages in and around Bardoli come to the airport-themed crematorium for the last rites of their dear and near ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The word \u2018crematorium\u2019 sounds harsh and signifies a hard-hearted reality that everyone is destined to meet with, according to Somabhai Patel.<\/strong> That is why; it is replaced with the word \u2018airport.\u2019 Antim Udan Moksha Airport has five furnaces including 3 electric furnaces and 2 traditional funeral pyres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Indian Eagle is a leading travel organization booking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/cheap-flights-to-india-in\/cheap-flights-to-ahmedabad-amd\/\" target=\"_blank\">cheap international flights to Ahmedabad<\/a>, Delhi, Amritsar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/cheap-flights-to-india-in\/cheap-flights-to-kolkata-ccu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kolkata<\/a>, Chennai, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/cheap-flights-to-india-in\/cheap-flights-to-hyderabad-hyd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hyderabad<\/a>, Bengaluru, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/cheap-flights-to-india-in\/cheap-flights-to-mumbai-bom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mumbai<\/a>, Jaipur, Goa and other cities in India. The lowest airfare, along with the best service is guaranteed at Indian Eagle.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme-based restaurants and parks are pass\u00e9. A theme-based crematorium is the latest talk of the hour, both online and offline. 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