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InLovingMemory
DrSudheerMedakkar
06.06.1951to20.08.16
Date:Friday2ndSeptember Time:12:00
Venue:StockportCrematoriumBuxtonRoad
StockportSK26LS
Orderofproceedings
Uponentering,youarerequestedtotakeyourseats
ReligiousRites 10min
Eulogy 20min
Close
Ceremoniallunchwillbeservedat105GreenPasturesSK43RB
**NoFloralTributesPlease**
SudheerMedakkarwasborninHyderabad,IndiaandcametoUKin1980viaashortstintinIran,HeworkedasananaesthetistinTorquayuntilheretiredinSeptember2015.HepassedawaysuddenlyandunexpectedlyaftersufferingaMyocardialInfarctionattheMombasaairportonhiswaybackfromaconferencethere.Hepassedawaydoingwhatheenjoyedmost–passingonhisskillstoothers.FamilyandfriendswillalwaysrememberSudheerforhisloveoflifeandhismultifariousinterests.Hewasakeenphotographerandatabletennisplayerofrepute.Hisloveandknowledgeofcarsiswellknown.He lived life to the full.Hisdisarmingsmile, serenepersonalityandenthusiasm for lifewill foreverremainetchedinthememoriesofeveryonewhoknewhim.Atotallycommittedfamilymanhedotedonhiswife,childrenandmorelatterlyhisfourgrandchildren.Sudheerissurvivedbyhiswife,twochildrenandfourgrandchildrenandahostoffriends.
yaenamvettihantaramyascainammanyatehatam
ubhautaunavijanitonayamhantinahanyate
Theywhothinkthesoultobecapableofkillingorbeingkilledknownot
forthesoulneitherkillsnorcanbekilled
najayatemriyatevakadacinnayambhutvabhavitavanabhuyah
ajonityahsasvato‘yampuranonahanyatehanyamanesarire
Thesoulisneverbornnordies:
Foritisunborn,eternal,andeverlastingEventhoughthebodyisslain,thesoulisnot
FromTheBhagwatGita
AnteyestiSansakar
IntheHindureligionSansakarsarerecognisedastheritesofpassageduringaperson’sjourneyinlife
andmarkthetransitionofgrowthfromonestagetothenext.Sixteensuchstagesarerecognised,the
lastbeingtheAntayestiorAntimsanskar.Thisisperformedtodisposeofthemortalremains,togive
peacetothedepartedsoulandtoenable it toenter theworldof theancestors. Atman(soul) isa
Sanskritwordthatmeansinnerself.Itmeansthechangeless,inseparable,indestructibleessenceof
onesbeing.HindusbelieveinreincarnationandtheAtmanmovesontoanotherbodyandTheAtman
isreleasedatthetimeofthisritual.Thebodyandtheuniversearevehiclesofthesoulandtransitory.
Theyconsistoffiveelementsearth,fire,air,waterandspace.Thelastriteisanactofreturningthe
mortalbodytothesefiveelements.
Burnhimnotup,norquiteconsumehim,Agni(fire)
Letnothisbodyorhisskinbescattered,
OallpossessingFire,whenthouhastmaturedhim,
thensendhimonhiswayuntotheFathers
FromTheRigVeda
Ithinknomatterwhereyoustray,
ThatIshallgowithyouaway.
Thoughyoumaywandersweeterlands,
Youwillnotforgetmyhands,
NoryetthewayIheldmyhead
NorthetremulousthingsIsaid.
Youwillstillseeme,smallandwhite
Andsmiling,inthesecretnight,
Andfeelmyarmsaboutyouwhen
Thedaycomesflutteringbackagain.
Ithink,nomatterwhereyoube,
You'llholdmeinyourmemory
Andkeepmyimagetherewithoutme,
Bytellinglaterlovesaboutme.
DorothyParker