Final Rites  

BJP state president Amit Shah and leaders Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman paid homage to Ananth Kumar at the crematorium in Chamarajapet, Bengaluru, where final rites are being performed. 

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Chamarajapet crematorium all set for Ananth Kumar's  final journey. The priest will perform rituals for 45 minutes before cremation.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu paid his last respects to late Ananth Kumar at National College grounds in Bengaluru. Final rites would be performed at Chamarajapet Crematorium at 1 PM, today. 

Fifty-nine-year-old Ananth Kumar died following multi-organ failure at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He was suffering from cancer.

BJP leaders and party workers paid their final tributes to Ananth Kumar at the party office at Malleshwaram in Bengaluru. Kumar's mortal remains will be kept in the office for one hour and then will be shifted to National College Grounds before cremation.

Ananth Kumar's body will be kept for public viewing at National College Ground in Bengaluru, tomorrow. Final rites would be conducted at 1 PM in at Chamarajapete crematorium.

BJP leaders BS Yeddyurappa, Jagadish Shettar, Sadananda Gowda, R Ashoka, V Somanna, Basavara Bommai pay their last respects to Union minister HN Ananth Kumar, who breathed his last in Bengaluru, after battling cancer.

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Speaking to My Nation, Sharath's uncle Shivudu, trying hard to hold back his tears, said, 'I am not in a position to speak anything else now, as we are yet to come to terms with what has happened.'