Melmaruvathur: Devotees pay their last respects to spiritual guru Bangaru Adigalar, popularly known as 'Amma', who passed away at the age of 82 on Thursday, in Melmaruvathur, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
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Chennai: Spiritual guru Bangaru Adigalar was laid to rest on Friday at Melmaruvathur near Chennai with full state honours, marked by a gun salute.
A sea of devotees thronged Melmaruvathur, about 97 km from here since Thursday evening to pay homage to their guru and Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister M K Stalin paid floral tributes to the departed spiritual leader.
Police personnel in ceremonial attire gave a gun salute and after last rites were performed by family members, the body was buried on the premises of the Melmaruvathur temple. Governor Ravi and Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi were present during the gun salute.
Jharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan, Union Minister of State L Murugan, DMK MP Jagathrakshakan were among a host of others who paid their tributes.
Leaders of political parties including AIADMK's C Ve Shanmugam, PMK's Anbumani Ramadoss and BJP's K Annamalai paid homage. Adigalar died on Thursday. He was 82.