Lata Mangeshkar mortal cremated at Shivaji Park with State Honours: Modi paid tributes to Lata’s mortal

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Mumbai:  Bollywood legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral last rites held at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Sunday evening with full State of Honours. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the funeral and paid last tributes at Shivaji Park by garlanding her mortal.

Lata Mangeshkar’s mortal was brought from Breach Candy Hospital to her residence Prabhukunj on Pedder Road in South Mumbai. Her mortal kept at her house for two hours for darshan for public.  A flower bedecked army truck arrived to the building compound; her body draped in the Indian Tri-colour was brought down and kept there as the Mumbai Police band played soulful tunes.

A police contingent fired a 21 gun salute and the body was placed atop the truck which started on a slow 10 km drive to Shivaji Park where all preparations are made for the public funeral. The Maharashtra Government has declared a 3 day State Mourning and Monday (Feb 7) as a public holiday as a mark of respect to the legend.

As well as the Central Government also announced two days mourning and instructed all Governments offices to half unfurl the National Flag to respect her. Thousands of teary eyed people lined up the 10-km long route from Pedder Road to Shivaji Park, with several VVIPs like Minister Aditya Thackeray and Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, Municipal Commissioner I.S. Chahal and others joined the procession on foot.

Her mortal remains were brought home around noon and kept for ‘darshan’ for a couple of hours with hordes of Bollywood personalities, top politicians across party lines, and other celebs trooping for a last glimpse and to offer solace to her siblings and other family members. As the procession continued, many hundreds joined en route, many raising cries of “Lata Didi, Amar Rahe”, “Lata Didi Zindabad”, carrying her photos or playing her immortal numbers, and thousands more stood in the balconies of their homes in small or tall buildings, raising their hands in an adieu.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, other ministers, Bollywood personalities, officials, and grieving commoners who have lived on a diet of Lata’s songs for seven decades attended the funeral. The nation grieved her demise starting with President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, PM Modi, Koshyari, Thackeray, top central and state leaders from all over India, dignitaries and others.

Bollywood personalities Amitabh Bachan, Saira Bano, the Kapoors, singers Sudesh Wadkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, music directors, film producers-directors and others either visited the Mangeshkar residence or paid tributes to her memory, while others are likely to attend the funeral at Shivaji Park.

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