Many devoured by the massive landslide in Mundakkai and Chooralmala in Kerala’s Wayanad district are now just body parts — a torso, a limb, a palm, a finger — with nothing but a DNA code to identify them.
Some of the bodies have been crushed and disfigured beyond recognition. They have gone to their graves unrecognised, unmourned by their loved ones. The only things known about them are a DNA code and the place from which they were found. Hopefully, the DNA codes would soon find matches among the broken and clueless living.
There are yet others, hundreds of them, without even a DNA code, the ones who seem lost forever, buried under tonnes of debris or thrown into the depths of savagely flowing rivers and lakes.
If it was the disaster's job to mutilate, bury and make disappear, ours as survivors is to reclaim — to give our loved ones a face, a smile, an age, a name, a history.
Here, by creating this memorial, Onmanorama is attempting to do just that. At the moment, only a few are known. Soon, like the wedding ring on the severed finger of a newly-wed had caused her father to hold it in his palms, the DNA codes kept along with the bodies in the community graves will set off a wave of recognition. More bodies will also be unearthed. And till everyone lost in the greatest tragedy that has befallen Kerala is finally given a face and a name, we will keep updating this space.
They are not to be remembered as body parts strewn around the Wayanad landscape like broken branches but as dignified and gifted humans who had loved and were in turn intensely loved.
Vijitha Nivas
Chooralmala
Moolakudathil
Chooralmala
Moolakudathil
Chooralmala
Moolakudathil
Chooralmala
Moolakudathil
Chooralmala
Lenin Nivas
Chooralmala
Lenin Nivas
Chooralmala
Gokulam
Chooralmala
Gokulam
Chooralmala
Gokulam
Chooralmala
Anugraha
Chooralmala
Anugraha
Chooralmala
Anugraha
Chooralmala
Shreya Nivas
Chooralmala
Shreya Nivas
Chooralmala
Pilaackal
Chooralmala
Pilaackal
Chooralmala
Kanakakkunnil
Mundakkai
Kanakakkunnil
Mundakkai
Kanakakkunnil
Mundakkai
Punchirimattathu
Mundakkai
Punchirimattathu
Mundakkai
Punchirimattathu
Mundakkai
Punchirimattathu
Mundakkai
Punchirimattathu
Mundakkai
Palackal
Mundakkai
Palackal
Mundakkai
Palackal
Mundakkai
Aalackal
Mundakkai
Attikkolli, Marappalam,
Puliyampara, Gudalur
Attikkolli, Marappalam
Puliyampara Gudalur
Attikkolli, Marappalam
Puliyampara Gudalur
Kakkathodu
Mundakkai
Kakkathodu
Mundakkai
Erakkadan
Chooralmala
Erakkadan
Chooralmala
Aalackal
Mundakkai
Pottammal
Mundakkai
Aalackal
Mundakkai
Meethal
Mundakkai
Pottammal
Mundakkai
Meethal
Mundakkai
Kalathingal
Mundakkai
Kalathingal
Mundakkai
Cheripparamban
Mundakkai
Thattarakkadan
Mundakkai
Charalippeedikayil
Mukkamkunnu
Cheripparamban
Mundakkai
Cheripparamban
Mundakkai
Kalathingal
Mundakkai
Kalathingal
Mundakkai
Edathodi
Chooralmala
Edathodi
Chooralmala
Edathodi
Chooralmala
Kallingal
Mundakkai
Kallingal
Mundakkai
Kallingal
Mundakkai
Kammanthara
Chooralmala
Kammanthara
Chooralmala
Kammanthara
Chooralmala
Kalathiparambil
Nenmara, Palakkad
Chittilappilli
Mundakkai
Chittilappilli
Mundakkai
Chittilappilli
Mundakkai
Chittilappilli
Mundakkai
Chittilappilli
Mundakkai
Vadakkecheruvil
Mundakkai
Cherambaadi
Edavalath
Chooralmala
Madathil
Punchirimattam
Kaippullil
Chooralmala
Kaippullil
Chooralmala
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Thottingal
Chooralmala
Lakshmi Nivas
Chooralmala
Lakshmi Nivas
Chooralmala
Chooralmala
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
Chooralmala
Chooralmala
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
SRS Estate
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Ambedkar Nagar
Ayyankkolli
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
V V House
Chooralmala
SRS Estate
Mundakkai
Odisha
Chooralmala
Narippatta
Mundakkai
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
SRS Estate
Mundakkai
Sentinel Rock
Mundakkai
Vazhakkattil
Chooralmala
Paalackal
Chooralmala
Pulickal
Chooralmala
Palackal
Chooralmala
Aamakkuzhiyil
Chooralmala
Aamakkuzhiyil
Chooralmala
Saaraj Bhavan
Chooralmala
Saaraj Bhavan
Chooralmala
Padikkapparambil
Mundakkai
Padikkapparambil
Mundakkai
Padikkapparambil
Mundakkai
Padikkapparambil
Mundakkai
Padikkapparambil
Mundakkai
Kizhakkethekkumkara
Chooralmala
Bijitha Nivas
Chooralmala
Bijitha Nivas
Chooralmala
Bijitha Nivas
Chooralmala
Arun Nivas
Vellarmala
Mattathu
Vellarmala
Mattathu
Vellarmala
Krishna Nivas
Chooralmala
Krishna Nivas
Chooralmala
Krishna Nivas
Chooralmala
Krishna Nivas
Chooralmala
Pooshanikkoottam
Mundakkai
Karimbinkalayil
Chooralmala
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Muthethodi
Lakkidi
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Parayullakandiyil
Koduvalli
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Kakkathodu
Chooralmala
Chettiyamthodi
Chooralmala
Chettiyamthodi
Chooralmala
Chettiyamthodi
Chooralmala
Chettiyamthodi
Chooralmala
Kuliyodan
Punchirimattam
Kuliyodan
Punchirimattam
Kuliyodan
Punchirimattam
Kuliyodan
Punchirimattam
Kuliyodan
Punchirimattam
Arackal
Mundakkai
Arackal
Mundakkai
Arackal
Mundakkai
Erakkadan
Chooralmala
Erakkadan
Chooralmala
Erakkadan
Chooralmala
Kalathingal
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Panakkadan
Chooralmala
Panakkadan
Chooralmala
Panakkadan
Chooralmala
Thalappil
Chooralmala
Thalappil
Chooralmala
Punchirimattam
Punchirimattom
Padikkaparambil
Punchirimattam
Padikkaparambil
Mundakkai
Thamarath
Mundakkai
Poythinippara
Mundakkai
Kayathil
Punchirimattam
Parakkalam
Mundakkai
Parakkalam
Mundakkai
Edathodi
Chooralmala
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Mundakkai
Draft list released by the government on August 29, 2024