Refuge from the Pyre #5

David Blacker posted a photo:

Muslim families visit the graves of loved ones buried in Oddamavadi, in eastern Sri Lanka; some for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. When the country’s authorities finally ceased, in 2021, the forcible cremation of COVID dead, over three thousand Muslim victims of the pandemic were allowed to be buried in this designated cemetery in Oddamavadi, in the Batticaloa District. Visits by families of the dead are arduous and expensive, as the site was selected for its remoteness, and has become, for many, a pilgrimage of sorts. Shot in February 2024, for the soon to be published ‘Oddamavadi: the Untold Story’.