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Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Jayalalithaa laid to rest with state honours

Jayalalithaa laid to rest with state honours

Sasikala and Jayalalithaa's nephew Deepak perform formalities with the help of a priest.

  1. 1.Jayalalithaa died at 11.30 pm on Monday at Apollo Hospitals
  2. 2.Buried next to her mentor MGR at the Marina
  3. 3.Her nephew Deepak and close friend Sasikala performed final formalities
  4. 4.Body kept in a sandalwood casket bearing her name in English and Tamil
  5. 5.President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pay tributes
  6. 6.Sea of humanity throngs Rajaji Hall, where Jayalalithaa's body lay in state
  7. 7.Leaders including Rahul Gandhi and nine CMs pay tributes
  8. 8.DMK leader M.K. Stalin pays respects
  9. 9.Parliament adjourns for the day
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was buried at the MGR memorial complex on the Marina in Chennai on Monday evening. Thousands thronged the site and on the beach road.
Since the body reached the Rajaji Hall  in the early hours from her residence in Poes Garden, people had been queuing up to catch a glimpse of the late leader.
State Ministers, AIADMK legislators, parliamentarians, party functionaries  and her close aide Sasikala and her relatives were in attendance.
Leaders across party lines, film fraternity, industrialists and eminent persons were among those visited the Rajaji Hall and paid their last respects to her.

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