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राम -नाम, जय श्री राम, श्री राम, राम, राधे-राम Rām-nām, Jay Śrī Rām, Śrī Rām, Rām, Rādhe-Rām, Raam-naam, jay shrii raam, shrii raam, raam, raadhe-raam. (Scriptures in different scripts, mainly Devanagari. Handwritten, printed fonts and engraved. Some inscriptions are ellegible/partially visble.)

Title:
Transition and Afterlife (DHUN Gallery 7)
Creator:
Piyush Kukrety; Borayin Larios; Kanika Pruthi
Date Created:
2026-02-01
Description:
The chant moves collectively through the city, marking both death and transition as the living make way for the dead through streets already saturated with the name in countless other forms. Here, the utterance acquires an afterlife of its own, echoing across ritual movement, urban space, and public memory. The name accompanies the passage into the afterlife, moving alongside the dead as a final guide through transition. Repeated collectively in funeral processions and mourning rituals, the chant transforms grief into shared movement, carrying the departed through streets where the name already circulates in devotional, political, and everyday forms. In this moment, the utterance becomes more than prayer or proclamation; it functions as a companion between worlds, marking the threshold between presence and absence, life and death.
Subjects:
dhun digital essay
Location:
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Latitude:
25.19
Longitude:
82.59
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.ghg0b-e6k30
Attribution
Citation:
"Transition and Afterlife (DHUN Gallery 7)", OMnibus of MANTRAMS, MANTRAMS - Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia, https://omnibus.mantrams.eu/items/dhun-g7.html
Rights
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/