InLovingMemory

DrSudheerMedakkar

06.06.1951to20.08.16

Date:Friday2ndSeptember Time:12:00

Venue:StockportCrematoriumBuxtonRoad

StockportSK26LS

Orderofproceedings

Uponentering,youarerequestedtotakeyourseats

ReligiousRites 10min

Eulogy 20min

Close

Ceremoniallunchwillbeservedat105GreenPasturesSK43RB

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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.

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