Three decades as Cremate Priest

People following Hindu religion believe that it is to die in a holy place following the name of god is a very religious deed they believe that to be cremated in holy ghats near holy temple will wash away their sins and they will be welcomed in heaven so in Hindu culture when people die they are brought in the banks of holy rivers to be cremated. People who are in their death bed wish to breath their last in such holy places and most people prefer to breathe their last in Pashupati the most followed good by Hindus all over the world.

People who die are brought to Pashupati Aarya ghat to be cremated and there are more than 30 people who provide their service by cremating such people, whom they had been doing for decades and among them is Gyan Prasad Acharya who has spent his three decades of his six decades of life working as a cremate priest. He said that he has experienced many good part and bitter tastes of working as a cremate priest in Aarya ghat. Acharya said that he has seen people who burn bundle of cash with the corpse and people who even don't have money to pay for the fire wood to burn the corpse of their loved ones. He said that for such needy people they have helped them financially by buying the firewood and working without the wage of cremating.

Acharya also has witnessed the abuse of the authority by the people who are in high posts. He said that there is heavy corruption in the fire wood supplied in the ghats for cremation; the authorized official and the contractor together are involved in the abuse of authority of supplying firewood.

Acharya also has some bitter experience of his relatives pointing on the work he is doing and has some admirer who admire his people. questioning about his work and the response from his relatives and the family he said that he convinces them by the logic "No work is big or small", it is not a sin to work as a cremate I am earning from my sweat and will no let you die of hunger so please don't point on my work.