JOHOR BARU: S. Kalai Mani has been participating in Hindu funeral rites since he was eight, following his uncle as early as 3am to release the ashes of the deceased into the sea.
Fast forward 27 years, Kalai still conducts burial rituals haphazardly beside a road and even under a bridge, as there is no proper complex in the state for Hindus to carry out last rites
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