Son dies on the thirteenth day of his mother’s death. (Inset – Deceased Premnarayan)
Highlights
He went to his room for a while saying that he wanted to sleep but then could not get up. The deceased was very close to his mother. He was always sad after his mother’s death. The relatives who came to attend the mother’s terhvi (first day ceremony) left after bidding their last farewell to the son.
Navdunia representative, Rajgarh. 13 days after the mother’s death, the thirteenth day ceremony was organized at home. Relatives also gathered for the ceremony. After performing the thirteenth day puja and other rituals, the son went to sleep. He told his wife to sleep for a while. When she woke him up, he could not get up again. He had died. The relatives who had come to attend mother Bhulibai’s thirteenth day ceremony left after bidding their son farewell. This incident is from village Badveli.
The deceased was the youngest of three brothers
Bhulibai has three sons in Badveli. Lakshminarayan, Ramlal and Premnarayan are 43 years old. Premnarayan was the youngest son. Premnarayan loved his mother very much and used to say that it is not possible to live without mother. After the death of his father, Premnarayan used to console his mother often. He used to take special care of his mother. Meanwhile, on 27th July, mother Bhulibai died due to illness. Son Premnarayan was sad since the death of his mother. Her thirteenth day ceremony was organized on 8th August. Relatives attended the ceremony.
He said he would sleep for a while and he slept forever
According to the family, the thirteenth day ceremony went on from 10 am to 4 pm. Premnarayan’s son said that after attending the thirteenth day ceremony, the distant relatives had left, but there is a tradition of sending off in the society. Some relatives had stayed back due to the send off of sisters and daughters. After bidding farewell to everyone, Papa went to sleep in the room at around 5 am in the morning.
After an hour, mother came to his room to wake him up. Papa told mother that he will sleep for 5 more minutes and then get up. Mother came out. But even after some time, when Papa did not come out, mother again came to wake him up. She tried to wake him up, but there was no movement. Mother screamed when she saw that his pulse was not working. After this, he was taken to the hospital in Khilchipur. After examination in the hospital, the doctor declared him dead.