No road to final rites in Raichur’s Mukkunda: Pall-bearers carry bodies through river to reach burial island; govt land rejected over vastu beliefs

For decades, Mukkunda villagers in Raichur have faced a harrowing ordeal, transporting the dead to an island burial ground by coracle or wading through the Tungabhadra river, especially during monsoons. Despite the government allotting alternative land for burials and cremations, villagers refuse, citing vastu concerns, leaving them with this perilous practice.