Kalaignar Karunanidhi Funeral: Live
Posted on: 08/Aug/2018 11:57:26 AM
- DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi has been laid to rest. His casket has been lowered into his final resting place beside the Anna Memorial at Marina Beach. Supporters throw flowers at the resting place.
- Army gives gun salute to M Karunanidhi as supporters and family members prepare to lower the coffin into the ground.
- Karunanidhi`s coffin has been closed shut as his sons Stalin and Alagiri can be seen breaking down standing in front of their father`s mortal remains. Emotional scenes at the Marina Beach.
- Karunanidhi`s mortal remains have been placed inside the coffin as a tear-eyed MK Stalin looks on. Alagiri and Selvi also break down in tears.
- Stalin, Kanimozhi and others pay their last respects to Karunanidhi at the burial ground at Marina.
- Karunanidhi`s sons MK Stalin, Alagiri and daughter Kanimozhi stand beside the body of their father as the personnel move the casket to prepare it for the final rites to bury the DMK patriarch at the Anna Memorial.
- DMK General Secretary K. Anbazhagan pays floral tributes. Union Minister Ramdas Athawale pays respects.
- Family members, politicians, supporters and DMK cadre pay their last respects to Karunanidhi, a Dravidian politics stalwart who passed away at the age of 94.
- Navy personnel paying tributes to DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi.
- DMK supporters paying floral tributes to their beloved leader at the Anna Memorial in Marina Beach.
- A grieving Stalin stands at the feet of Karunanidhi with the flag that was handed over him by the Army. Now, Alagiri and others are paying their respects.
- The national flag is being removed from Karunanidhi`s body and is being folded by armed forces personnel. It will be handed over to the family members. The personnel of the Army, Navy and Air Force pay their last respects.
- All members of the gathering stand up to pay their last respects to Karunanidhi as the Army, Navy and Air Force personnel march past his body placed inside the casket. Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and others watch in silence as the proceedings unfold.
- Thousands at Chennai`s Marina Beach to bid farewell to DMK chief Karunanidhi.
- Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, State Minister D Jayakumar and Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan pay tribute to Karunanidhi at Marina beach
- Last rites of DMK`s Karunanidhi being performed at Chennai`s Marina Beach. He will be buried close to memorials of rival Jayalalithaa and mentor Annadurai.
- Rahul Gandhi,Ghulam Nabi Azad, Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, TMC`s Derek O Brien and others at last rites ceremony of Karunanidhi
- The mortal remains of Karunanidhi have reached the Anna Square in a gun carriage.
- Karunanidhi`s family members including daughter Slevi, sons-in-law Murasoli Selvam, Aravindan, daughter-in-law Durga Stalin and grandchildren are all seated. Alagiri is seen seated next to Karunanidhi`s wife Rajathi Ammal and Kanimozhi`s son Adithyan. Prominent leaders including Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanaswamy, Vaiko and Thol. Thirumavalavan are also seated on the other side.
- Arrangements at the burial spot in Marina Beach. Several politicians, including Rahul Gandhi, are waiting here for the final rites
- Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda, Karunanidhi`s daughter and DMK leader Kanimozhi and several other politicians can be seen waiting at the Marina Beach memorial where Karunanidhi will finally be laid to rest.
- The mortal remains of the former chief minister now passes by Madras University.
- The gun carriage has reached the Kamarajar Salai, just a few feet away from the Anna Memorial.
- The short 2 kilometre distance between Rajaji Hall -- where Karunanidhi`s body was kept for the public and dignitaries to pay their respects -- and Marina Beach -- where the Kalaignar will be put to rest -- will take at least a couple of hours for the massive procession to cover as thousands of supporters and mourners gather on the streets of Chennai to catch a glimpse of the Dravidian politics stalwart.
- The cortège with the mortal remains of Karunanidhi crosses M.A. Chidambaram Stadium at Chepauk.
- The Army, Navy and Air Force personnel at Anna Square
- Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has arrived at Anna Square.
- As the final journey of Karunanidhi moves towards Anna Memorial, prominent leaders have already reached there. Among them is DMK`s General Secretary and close friend of Karunanidhi, K. Anbazhagan.
- Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan has also reached Anna Square.
- MK Stalin, Alagiri, Dayanidhi Maran and several other DMK leaders walk along with the casket of Karunanidhi and thousands of supporters towards the Marina Beach where the Kalaignar will be finally laid to rest.
- The cortège with the mortal remains of DMK president and five-time Tamil Nadu CM M. Karunanidhi, passes by the statue of DMK founder and also the former’s political mentor C.N. Annadurai on Anna Salai.
- Karunanidhi`s son and former Union minister M.K. Alagiri has reached Anna Memorial.
- Karunanidhi`s sons M.K. Stalin, M.K. Tamilarasu, grandnephew Dayanidhi Maran, and CPI Tamil Nadu State Secretary Mutharasan walk alongwith the gun carriage that is carrying the mortal remains of Karunanidhi.
- A total of 27 rounds will be fired in the air as tributes to the Dravidian politics stalwart, Karunanidhi. The Tricolour draped around Karunanidhi will be removed and handed over to his family as a mark of honour. After the final rites, Karunanidhi will be laid to rest beside his mentor and DMK founder Annadurai at the Marina Beach.
- Crowds continue to swell as Karunanidhi`s funeral procession starts inching towards the Anna Memorial
- The funeral procession of DMK patriarch Karunanidhi is slowly moving towards the Marina Beach as it gets difficult for the cavalcade to manoeuvre around the sea of people that has gathered at Rajaji Hall, Anna Memorial and all along the road leading to the Marina Beach.
- All educational institutions, shops, business establishments, fuel outlets remained closed in the city. Cinema theatres have cancelled shows for the day. Most roads in Chennai bear a deserted look as state-owned transport corporation operates skeletal services and other public transport vehicles, including autorickshaws stayed off roads in the city. Train services, however, operated as usual. The Koyambedu Vegetable market also wears a deserted look as traders decided to close it on the sad occasion of Karunanidhi’s demise.
- The gun carriage carrying Karunanidhi`s mortal remains moves into Sivananda Salai. Sea of humanity surrounds the carriage. Supporters wave party flags and chant slogans praising their leader.
- Reports say when AIADMK minister Jayakumar tried to enter the Anna Samadhi lane near Marina Beach, his car was stopped by the DMK cadre, who are angered over the Tamil Nadu government`s efforts to deny a resting place to Karunanidhi at the iconic Marina Beach along with other stalwarts of Tamil politics. But Jayakumar has now managed to enter the Anna Samadhi complex.
- Karunanidhi will be laid to rest at the Marina Beach with full state honours where he will be given the 21 gun salute to honour the stellar leader of Dravidian politics who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.
- Thousands of people that waits to catch a glimpse of the Kalaignar.
- Thousands of DMK supporters cry and chant Kalaignar`s name as his body moves on a truck towards the Marina Beach memorial. Police personnel struggle to control the emotional crowd who are often breaking into fits of movement, toppling barricades and jostling with security forces to reach Karunanidhi`s body.
- The final procession to move Karunanidhi`s mortal remains to the burial site in Marina Beach has started from Rajaji Hall. Lakhs of people have come down on the streets of Chennai with most standing at the locations since last evening. Maintaining law and order has posed a serious challenge for the Chennai Police.
- A grieving MK Stalin is being accompanied and held up by family members and supporters as he walks along with the body of his father Karunanidhi.
- Thousands of people mourn Karunanidhi at the Rajaji Hall as the Kalaignar`s body is loaded on a truck to take him to the Anna Memorial.
- A sea of people has gathered at the Rajaji Hall and all along the roads around the hall and those leading to the Marina Beach. Karunanidhi`s body is being placed on a truck to take him to the Anna Memorial in Marina Beach.
- DMK patriarch Karunanidhi`s body, draped in the Tricolour, is being moved by Army personnel on their shoulders. He is being taken from the Rajaji Hall to the Marina Beach.
- General public are now barred from paying respects to the departed leader and preparations for the state funeral begin.
- NCP chief Sharad Pawar, former Union Minister Praful Patel and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah pay respects to Karunanidhi.
- Senior party leaders such as Durai Murugan and K.N. Nehru were seen shunting between Anna Square and Rajaji Hall.
- Military personnel arrive at Anna Square as Karunanidhi will be accorded state funeral with gun salute. Party cadre and supporters continue to arrive at Anna Memorial.
- A drone is monitoring the movements of crowd on Kamarajar Salai
- Service road on Marina is slowly getting filled up with vehicles of party cadres. Vehicles from Parrys Corner have no more access to Kamarajar Salai, as the stretch is covered with party cadres standing on the median and the road too.
- Army convoy with gun carriage arrives at Rajaji Hall
- Preparations underway for state funeral of M #Karunanidhi at Marina beach in Chennai
- Supreme Court refuses to entertain the plea filed by Traffic Ramaswamy seeking stay on the last rites of Karunanidhi at Marina Beach. Ramaswamy had moved SC against the Madras High Court order which allowed to perform the last rites of Karunanidhi at the Marina beach.
- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor P. Sathasivam, and Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala paid tribute to the DMK Chief at Rajaji Hall.
- Preparations underway for state funeral of M Karunanidhi at Marina beach in Chennai around 4 pm.
- Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao paid tribute to M Karunanidhi.
- Akhilesh Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav pay their respects to Karunanidhi.
- Congress President Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to M Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall.
- CM HD Kumaraswamy and Deputy CM G Parameshwara paid their last respects and tributes to M Karunanidhi.
- "I request the cadre to remain calm, I did not want anything for myself. All I want is a fitting tribute to Kalaignar." says Karunanidhi`s son MK Stalin.
- Karunanidhi`s casket, which read — `Man who never rested is now resting`. As crowd creates ruckus outside Rajaji Hall, DMK appeals cadre to maintain peace.
- Karunanidhi`s supporters march towards Marina Beach, where the late DMK chief will be buried.
- Karunanidhi`s favorite scripture has been embedded in the casket — `Man who never rested is now resting`.
- Scuffle between breaks out between Police & crowd gathered at Rajaji Hall, police resort to lathi charge.
- While supporters now throng the Marina Beach, where Karunanidhi will be laid to rest, the crowd gathered outside Rajaji Hall is raising slogans and waving flags as police personnel try to pacify them.
- Aerial shot of area where Karunanidhi will be buried on Marina beach.
- A team of DMK workers and leaders have gone to Anna mausoleum to identify the place where Karunanidhi’s body to be laid rest.
- Huge crowd at Chennai`s Rajaji Hall where mortal remains of M Karunanidhi are kept.
- Around 15,000 people have gathered near Rajaji Hall to pay homage to the departed soul. About 2,500 to 5,000 floating population can be seen in and around Rajaji Hall.
- MTC buses stopped plying in the city. Many DMK cadres use MRTS and suburban EMU train services to reach Chintadripet MRTS railway station, close to the Rajaji Hall venue.
- Preparations begin for DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi`s burial at Chennai`s Marina Beach.
- Rapid Action Force uses mild lathicharge to control the crowd outside Rajaji Hall where mortal remains of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi are kept. The crowds broke barricades and climbed the compound wall.
- Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives in Chennai to pay last respects to Karunanidhi. Speaking to media, Banerjee said that the `politics` over burial ground was unfortunate and should not have happened. The TMC chief said that AIADMK should have obliged to DMK`s resquest to bury Karunanidhi at Marina Beach.
- Tamil Nadu: DMK supporters gather outside Anna memorial at Chennai`s Marina beach. JCB machines have also reached the spot following Madras High Court`s judgement that M Karunanidhi will receive burial at the Marina beach.
- DMK senior leader Durai Murugan inspected the site, while party cadre throng the venue. In the meantime, sources say the Tamil Nadu government is considering to move Supreme Court against the verdict.
- After receiving the court`s nod, the focus has now shifted to Anna Memorial on the Marina, reports
