PALANPUR: A remote village of Sabarkantha district has decided to pay tributes to a kar sevak who died in the Godhra train carnage 10 years ago, in a unique way.
This February 27, villagers of Kubadharol near Vadali will install a bust of Lakhubhai Makani, 50, who died in the Sabarmati Express train carnage in 2002, in Godhra along with 58 Hindus including women and children.
Makani was a farmer in the village and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Besides Makani, Bhimjibhai Patel, 48 of Derol village in Khedbrahma taluka had also died in the carnage.
The village has been decking up for the function. The bust made of marble from Ambaji has been made at a cost of Rs 50,000, said Jayanti Patel, Makani's nephew and activist of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Mahendra Patel, who is organizing the programme said, nearly 2,000 people including Dharm Narayan Sharma, the secretary of VHP and several sadhus are expected to participate in the ceremony.
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