​​​​​​​Puri, Jan 7: The ‘Swarga Dwara’, the sacred crematorium in sacrosanct Puri shrine, floated with tear on Tuesday witnessing a 10-year boy to set fire his Journo mother’s pyre, after losing her in a tragic road accident.

The ‘Swarga Dwara’ complex that remains always filled with aching & heartbreaking cries, pindrop silenced when a lean & thin boy with tearing eyes and broken heart escorted his standstill mother, donned with a white cerement, towards a pile of firewood heaped one on the other, in absence of any body- near & peer.

The rock-like tiny-tot was nobody but Gagun Patnaik, the only son & successor of ace Journalist of News7, Sheela Patnaik who passed away in a tragic road mishap near Pipili.

Gagun, who is reportedly away from his father’s parentage & care for years, was yesterday in his Classroom while, he was aburtply picked from school by one of his maternal uncles in the afternoon. Soon he was taken to the lap of his aunt where he came to know that his mother was no more then. Gagun’s heartwreching weep reverberated the air all around wherein the champ ardently waited to have a glimpse of his departing mother.

A few hours to it, Sheela’s mortal remains were brought to the News7 office, paid a tearful adieu by the Summa Real Media Private Ltd. officials and staffers, and sent off, for the Puri Swargadwara for cremation.

Here, Gagun stood firm on his duty towards the departing mother, elongated the ultimate cotton-thread lamp meant for her mother as a customary rite, with his tiny hands,lit the pyre- then dedicated a number of flying kisses to her.

The grieving scene made the onlookers, including the bereaved kith & kins that had been there for the last rites of their dear ones, to stand & stare like stones & statues, witnessing the lone boy, having nobody of his own, to take care or lend the lap.