The paper attempts a socio-political study of coffin-less burial practices adopted by two Catholic churches in the district of Alappuzha, Kerala. The paper argues that the practice reterritorializes and deterritorializes the contemporary churchyard scene while also examining its scope of expansion as a sustainable practice. The Kerala Catholic Church has traditionally relied on coffin burials, where coffins of varying quality and wood were used, typically as an indicator of social status. However, the increasing plastic content in the materials has hampered the decaying process of the body, thereby delaying the grave-reuse period. As a result, a ‘burial crisis’ is slowly burgeoning, which when coupled with the difficulties in finding new grave spaces, has prompted several churches to explore alternative, sustainable forms of burial. St George Church, Arthunkal, pioneered such a movement in September 2022, when it adopted a burial form that was alien to the modern Kerala Christian funeral heritage—coffin-less burial—the shroud replaced the coffin. A forane church of the same district, St. Mary’s Church, Pallipuram, followed suit two years later. Both cited concerns of varying dimensions, mainly ecological, as the reason for adoption. The paper adopts Victor Turner’s concept of social drama as its primary framework while also relying on the Assemblage theory propounded by Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari and Manuel Delanda to trace the evolution of the practice, from its conception to application. The paper, thus, attempts to plot the changing Catholic funeral culture in Kerala while also tracing its history.