Till Death Do Us Part: A heartbroken widower replaces his late wife with a life-size marble replica that took six WEEKS to make
A heartbroken widower has replaced his late wife with a marble replica of her, and he talks to the statue every day.
Vijay Kumara, 70, from Chandigarh, India, lost his loving wife Veena to blood cancer four years ago.
But she’s found solace in a life-size recreation of her, weighing in at a whopping 157 and standing 5’1″.
It took six weeks to transform the stone into a Veena look-alike in her memory, and now it serves as a poignant reminder of the couple’s marriage.
The figure has been chiselled and painted to resemble her, with painted gray hair and a traditional pink Indian dress.
Vijay Kumara, 70, from Chandigarh, India, lost his loving wife Veena to blood cancer four years ago. The couple photographed together
It took six weeks to transform the stone into a Veena look-alike in her memory, and now it serves as a poignant reminder of the couple’s marriage.
Two cranes were needed to transport the model to Vijay’s house.
The photos show Veena’s statue placed below a selection of portraits of his late wife as he can be seen embracing her.
The widower has been so lost without his beloved that he has also written five books in memory of her.
He says that he wanted to convey the seriousness of love and affection between husband and wife to today’s youth.
And Vijay is not the first to try and immortalize his wife in unique ways.
In January it was revealed that an Indian pensioner who lost his wife of 39 years during the Covid-19 pandemic had spent £2,500 (Rs 250,000) on a life-size doll replica made in his image.
Retired civil servant Tapas Sandilya, 65, commissioned a sculptor to create a silicone statue of his late partner Indrani, who died on May 4, 2021, aged 59.
She died alone in hospital when Tapas was forced to self-isolate at her home in Kolkata during India’s second wave of covid, which proved far more devastating than the first.
The photos show Veena’s statue placed below a selection of portraits of his late wife as he can be seen embracing her.
The widower has been so lost without his love (pictured), that he has also written five books in memory of her
A heartbroken widower has replaced his late wife with a marble replica of her, and he talks to the statue every day.
But now the image of Indrani sits on the sofa in her favorite place, adorned in a sari and gold jewelry with her hair styled by Tapas himself.
counted tapas The Indian Times that some years ago, he had visited a Hindu temple with his late wife and the couple had marveled at a particularly lifelike statue of a religious figure.
He said that Indrani joked that if she were to die before him, he would like to have a similar statue made in his image.
While grieving in the months after Indrani’s death, Tapas returned to the same temple where his wife had made the comment and was inspired to move on.
‘Indrani had told me of his wish for a similar statue of her if he predeceased me. He just wanted to fulfill her wish,’ Tapas claimed.
Now the statue sits in Indrani’s favorite spot, arms folded and a serene expression on her face. He is dressed in an Assamese silk sari that Indrani wore to his son’s wedding reception.
