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Daughters Carry Mother's Bier, Upholding Progressive Legacy and Breaking Traditions in Shrigonda
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News18•28-09-2026, 19:07
Daughters Carry Mother's Bier, Upholding Progressive Legacy and Breaking Traditions in Shrigonda
- •In Shrigonda, two daughters challenged tradition by carrying their mother's bier and performing her last rites.
- •Sangeeta Rambhau Khamkar (60), a social worker dedicated to women's empowerment and eradicating superstition, passed away.
- •Her daughters, Swaranjali (Assistant Police Inspector, Solapur) and Pranjali (Ahilyanagar city police), were educated and made self-reliant by their parents.
- •The daughters honored their mother's progressive ideals by personally carrying her bier and lighting the pyre.
- •Instead of immersing ashes, they will plant 6 trees in her memory and perform the Dashkriya ritual in a 'Satyashodhak' manner, free from superstitious rituals.
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Following the passing of their mother Sangeeta Khamkar, her two educated daughters, Swaranjali and Pranjali, broke traditional societal norms by carrying her bier and lighting the pyre themselves to uphold her lifelong progressive legacy.
The elder daughter, Swaranjali Dnyandev Wagh-Khamkar, serves as an Assistant Police Inspector in Solapur, and the younger daughter, Pranjali Pramod Shinde-Khamkar, serves in the Ahilyanagar city police force.
Instead of traditional river immersion that increases pollution, the daughters chose to plant six different trees in memory of their mother and decided to conduct the Dashkriya ritual in a Satyashodhak manner without superstition.
