Karunakaran cremated, PM pays homage (Second Lead)
December 25th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 25 (IANS) The body of veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran was consigned to the flames on a sandalwood pyre here Saturday evening as his son K. Muraleedharan lit the pyre.The pyre, comprising 300 kg of sandalwood, was lighted at 5 p.m. at the resting place of his wife.
Earlier, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had arrived here to pay homage to the departed leader who died Thursday at age 92.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi paid homage Friday at the party headquarters in the state capital. Karunakaran, four-time chief minister, was close to her husband, Rajiv Gandhi, her mother-in-law, Indira Gandhi, and her husband’s grand father, Jawaharlal Nehru.
Seven state ministers, besides cabinet ministers and virtually all the Congress leaders in the state were present at the cremation.
The carriage carrying his body from the state capital to here, a distance of 300 km, took more than 18 hours as thousands lined up and waited for hours on the main road the whole of Friday night.
Karunakaran’s condition deteriorated last week and he was put on the ventilator. His condition improved in a few days but he suffered a stroke Wednesday. He died at 5.30 p.m. Thursday.
- PM to pay homage to Karunakaran in Thrissur - Dec 25, 2010
- Thousands jostle to bid farewell to Karunakaran (Lead) - Dec 24, 2010
- PM pays homage to Karunakaran in Thrissur (Lead) - Dec 25, 2010
- Sonia pays homage, thousands gather to bid Karunakaran adieu - Dec 24, 2010
- Kerala mourns as Karunakaran dies, CPI-M salutes him (Roundup) - Dec 23, 2010
- Former Kerala chief minister Karunakaran dead, cremation Saturday (Second Lead) - Dec 23, 2010
- Congress chief to decide on re-entry of Karunakaran's son - Dec 29, 2010
- Former Kerala CM to be cremated today - Dec 25, 2010
- Sonia Gandhi, Chidambaram pay homage to former Kerala CM Karunakaran - Dec 24, 2010
- Thiruvananthapuram comes to a halt, political leaders praise Karunakaran - Dec 23, 2010
- Former Kerala CM Karunakaran cremated with full state honours - Dec 25, 2010
- Karunakaran's children bury the hatchet - Jan 16, 2011
- PM, Sonia to pay homage to Karunakaran (Lead) - Dec 23, 2010
- Slight improvement in Karunakaran's condition - Dec 15, 2010
- Karunakaran's condition improves slightly, but critical - Dec 14, 2010
Tags: cabinet ministers, chief minister, congress leader, congress leaders, congress president sonia gandhi, cremation, homage, husband rajiv gandhi, indira gandhi, jawaharlal nehru, k karunakaran, manmohan, manmohan singh, party headquarters, prime minister manmohan singh, pyre, resting place, sandalwood, state ministers, ventilator