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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi pay homage to Sri Sathya Sai Baba at Prashanthi Nilayam in Anantapur district on Tuesday(Photo from The Hindu) |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday paid homage to Satya Sai Baba at Puttaparthi on Tuesday evening.
Both the leaders stood in silence in front of the glass casket containing the body of the spiritual leader, who died on Sunday, and placed wreaths at his feet and sat for a few minutes at the Sai Kulwant Hall.
They heard in rapt attention Sai bhajans being sung by followers before they left the hall.
Dr. Singh and Ms. Gandhi, accompanied by Union Minister Ambika Soni, arrived in Puttaparthi by a special aircraft and drove straight to Prashanthi Nilayam, where Sai Baba’s body was lying in state at Sai Kulwant hall.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, who reached Puttaparthi in the afternoon, received Dr. Singh and Ms. Gandhi at the airport and accompanied them to Sai Kulwant hall.
Sai Baba would be buried at the hall with full state honours between 9 and 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
The Governor and Chief Minister will stay in Puttaparthi and attend the burial ceremonial, officials said.
Source- thehindu.com
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