The same heartbreaking issue has been occurring in the families of Karachi over decades. You visit the cemetery on Eid, or on a loved one’s anniversary. You may go randomly on a Tuesday afternoon when you just miss someone. And then there is some pain taking place nearly every time.
You waste hours trying to locate the grave. The whole visit is lost in search sometimes. It is without a map, without directions, without a working system. Only endless rows of graves run in all directions. And there is that lump of sinking feeling swelling in your chest.
A solution to that problem has been discovered at last. The Karachi based team has just created something which the city really needed.
Introducing Grave Finder: Pakistan’s First Digital Grave Locator App
A local team has recently introduced Grave Finder to families worldwide. It is a first-of-its-kind mobile application built for a real human need. The application allows customers to find, discover, and store the graves of their loved ones. All this is done digitally, fast, and without the normal confusion and wandering.
The application has already been launched in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. And the best is that it is free to all who want to download it. There are no hidden charges and no complicated sign-up walls to cross.
What Is a Grave Finder?
Grave Finder is a mobile app built specifically for the people of Karachi. It serves families who struggle to locate graves in the city’s major cemeteries. The concept is straightforward, but unbelievably effective in action.
Each grave receives a decent digital record within the system. That record is immediately available to each family via their phone. And every future visit to the cemetery becomes noticeably easier and calmer.
Grave Finder makes you no longer walk in the cemetery, hoping to be lucky. You do not any longer strain your eyes on the tombstones, hoping to see a name you know. Rather, you just open the app and type the name. In a few seconds, you have the precise position displayed in Google Maps.
Why Was This App Needed?
Karachi is one of the most populated cities anywhere in the world. It has hundreds of thousands of graves in its cemeteries, which extend over large areas. Large locations, such as the famous Wadi-e-Hussain Cemetery, are particularly large. It is really hard to find one grave amongst such a great number.
This is an increasing challenge to most families each year. This is particularly applicable to the people who lost someone a long time ago. These old systems which used to assist people cannot endure. Imagine how fast the little strands of memory are forgotten.
Old paper records get misplaced, damaged, or lost entirely over time. Caretakers who learned their way around eventually retire or die themselves. Those family members who know the precise location are gone. Gradually, the awareness of where a person lies simply disappears.
The outcome of all this is most frustrating and painful, in a low-key manner. Families come to pay their goodbyes with love in their hearts. Yet they often leave again without ever finding what they came for. Grave Finder was created with the sole purpose of never seeing that type of pain again.
How Does It Work?
The application was programmed to be as user-friendly as possible. It can be used by anyone, irrespective of their age or technical experience. You are not required to be young and phone savvy. You can use this app in case you can send a message.
This is the entire process in five simple steps.
Step 1
Open the App. Start Launch Grave Finder and direct to the home screen. You will find everything there in a single spot.
Step 2
Choose Your Qabristan. Select among the list of major cemeteries that happen to be available in Karachi. The application continues to add more places as the database continues to expand.
Step 3
Search the Grave. Type in the name of the deceased in the search box. Instead, you may use their grave serial number to search.
Step 4
See the search results. Similar results are shown on the spot, on your screen. All results contain the name, the date of death and the serial number of the father.
Step 5
Find on Map. Press the Locate button to access the precise position. Google Maps will then take you directly to the right grave.
That is indeed the whole process in a nutshell. The time it takes to go through your first search to the last point is less than a minute.
Features That Make It Special
Grave Finder is full of considerate features that are created based on real family requirements. They all exist to eliminate a little fragment of the old struggle.
Name or Serial Number Search
Locate any grave in a few seconds with the information you have. Both search methods work quickly and reliably every single time.
Google Maps Integration
Get precise instructions that will guide you directly to the grave site. There will be no more requests to strangers or guessing what direction to follow.
Grave Photos
Get a close view of the grave before you even get there. This will assist you in knowing the appropriate position with utter confidence.
Save to My List
Save your loved ones’ graves so the search never repeats. You will never have to hunt for that location ever again.
Share with Family
Send serious information to friends and family with one touch. This is ideal for distant or foreign relatives.
Add New Grave
Make a grave record yourself and assist other families as well. Your contribution, which is not much, can alleviate the painful day of someone.
Report Incorrect Info
Ensure all the details in the database are correct by marking any erroneous information. Users, in combination, make the information more robust over time.
The Feature Everyone Is Talking About
Perhaps the most powerful feature of Grave Finder is the “Add New Grave” option. This is one feature that alters the meaning of the app to people. It reveals that Grave Finder is much more than a search engine.
The app is actually turning out to be a community initiative. As the addition of a grave record by one family is beneficial to all of us. All other families that were in search of such a person can now locate them. One entry can make total strangers feel comfortable.
Imagine it as an online act of sheer kindness. It is a sadqa-e-jaariya in the purest modern sense of the word. A little entry continues to benefit the people even when it is made. It is what the silent beauty lurks within this mere attribute.
Who Is It For?
Grave Finder is to all those families of Karachi who have ever been lost. It was constructed under very distinct and very common circumstances. These are some of the moments that you might identify with.
It belongs to anyone who had a hard time trying to locate a grave when visiting it. It is in the case of those who lost the paper trail of a destination. This is to families who wish to send serious information to their family members abroad. It is where individuals are fed up of requesting strangers to guide them within cemeteries.
Should any of that sound all too painfully familiar, then continue to read attentively. This application is made keeping your experience in mind. It is there to ensure that your next visit would be much softer than the previous one.
A Solution Rooted in Respect
The clever technology is not the only thing that makes Grave Finder special. The profound reverence of memory is the desire at its heart. Sorrow is heavy enough, and does not need confusion and seeking added. This application will eliminate one stressor to allow families to concentrate on remembering.
Technology can be chilly, remote, and not in touch with genuine human emotions. Instead, Grave Finder is a very soft disproportion of that idea. Here, love, memory and silent dignity of respect are served by technology. It transforms a tense visit into a relaxing time of bonding.
Available Now For Free
Grave Finder can be found currently on both by the big platforms. You can get it today without the need to pay a sole rupee. The application is free of charge, and there are no conditions.
- Available on the App Store on your iPhone or iPad.
- Download on Google Play to any of the Android devices you have.
It just needs to be installed, typed in a name and you can experience the difference right now.
Follow Grave Finder
Get the latest additions and improvements in the cemeteries and useful apps. The team continues adding to the database on a weekly basis. Keep up with it and see the community increase in size.
- Facebook: facebook.com/gravefinderpak
- Instagram: instagram.com/gravefinder
Sharing the app with people who may be in need of it at the moment. Your suggestion may save a family a painful time of searching.
Find. Remember. Respect.
Grave Finder bears a bare promise in three sweet words. Locate the grave with no stress that characterized each visit. Peacefully, comfortably, quietly remind your loved ones of you. Honor their memory with an instrument wholly crafted around concern. This is indeed a change of everything to the families of Karachi. The long, painful search finally has a real and lasting answer.
