NEW DELHI: Bugles sounded the remaining post, uniformed infantrymen gave a gun salute and silence fell over the gang as former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mortal stays were consigned to the flames on Friday evening, the sun atmosphere on the lifetime of a poet-politician who combined accommodative politics with graciousness.
Foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya lit the pyre as cries of "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" reverberated within the air and a mild drizzle fell.
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s followed daughter Namita Bhattacharya together with her daughter Niharika at his funeral. (TNN photo by Anindya Chattopadhyay)
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh were a few of the thousands of people on the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal on the banks of the Yamuna, the BJP patriarch's ultimate resting position along the stretch which also properties the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
Several overseas dignitaries, together with Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and Pakistan's Law Minister Ali Zafar were provide as Vajpayee was once cremated with full state honours.
The tricolour draping Vajpayee, who died on Thursday on the age of 93 following extended illness on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was once folded and handed over to his granddaughter Niharika.
Leaders at Vajpayee's funeral at Smriti Sthal. (AFP photo)
It was once a sea of white, with maximum mourners dressed within the colour of mourning to bear in mind the man who wove in combination pragmatism and his imaginative and prescient for an inclusive India. Some might be seen wiping their tears.
The intensity of the moment and the warmth led to a few mourners fainting. Among them was once Khush Chaturvedi.
"I am not politically inclined but I wanted to meet (former president) Kalam and Vajpayee once. I couldn't manage to meet them when they were alive, but I had to be here today," the 27-year-old from Siwan in Bihar told PTI.
Thousands of mourners poured into the streets of the national capital as Vajpayee's cortege made its manner from his house to the BJP headquarters on Deendayal Upadhyay Marg after which to the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal.
As the crowds surged ahead, some operating, some strolling, the prime minister and BJP president Amit Shah were amongst those who walked in the back of the gun carriage, embellished with plant life.
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's funeral procession. (TNN photo)
There were people everywhere, masking the roads along the direction from the BJP headquarters to the Smriti Sthal backward and forward, with safety body of workers keeping up strict vigil to make sure that not anything goes flawed.
These were unusual scenes remaining seen when Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi was once assassinated in May 1991 and his funeral procession was once taken from Teen Murti Bhavan to the banks of the Yamuna, stated old-timers.
The crowds had begun collecting from remaining night time itself as news came in of the demise of the three-time prime minister -- who joined the RSS in 1947, rose via ranks to grow to be a stalwart of the BJP and was once the primary non-Congress prime minister to complete a full term in place of job. They first accrued on the medical institution, then at his Krishna Menon Marg house after which on the BJP headquarters.
The old and young, women and men, some with kids, accrued outside the gates of the BJP place of job, anxious for a final glimpse of the past due leader. Some clambered on a neem tree outside, determined to be a part of the proceedings but not able to get within.
Inside, the prime minister and a host of ministers and birthday celebration staff paid their remaining respects to the past due leader, mourned by them and the opposition as one among India's tallest leaders.
Hundreds of people filed past the frame in silence, with a large portrait of a smiling Vajpayee -- a BJP flag on either side -- within the backdrop.
Earlier within the morning, masses of people chanted "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" as Vajpayee's cortege made its manner from his house during the town to reach the BJP place of job about five kilometres away.
Mourners walked and ran beside the carriage, also chanting slogans like 'Jab tak sooraj chand rahega Atal ji ka naam rahega (Till the sun and moon undergo, so will Atal' ji's title)", punctuated by patriotic cheers of 'Bharat Mata ki jai' and 'Vande Mataram'.
In the gang were Ganeshan, 38, and Chennaiah Nadesan, 45, who had flown in from Tamil Nadu.
"Achcha politician, achcha parliamentarian, natural man," he stated in a mix of Hindi and English after paying his homage.
Also within the crowd was once Aakash Kumar, 25, who rode his scooter from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, about 70 km away.
"I used to be most definitely in Class three or four, when I heard one among his speeches and were given drawn in opposition to him. I really liked his poems," Aakash told PTI.
As eulogies were written, analysts took stock of the politician and the man and the town returned to normalcy, BJP leader Anurag Thakur stated the large turnout of people that had come to pay their respects confirmed he resided within the hearts of people.
"Not most effective has India has lost a leader, a son, the arena has lost a statesman," Thakur told newshounds.
Seen as a average face of BJP, Vajpayee first become prime minister in 1996, leading a shaky coalition whose participants were suspicious of the BJP's right-wing politics. It lasted for 13 days and collapsed after losing a vote of no-confidence.
His second stint as prime minister was once in 1998 when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) again came to power but that lasted for just 13 months.
Finally, the NDA with Vajpayee as PM returned to power in 1999 and was once voted out in 2004.
Foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya lit the pyre as cries of "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" reverberated within the air and a mild drizzle fell.
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s followed daughter Namita Bhattacharya together with her daughter Niharika at his funeral. (TNN photo by Anindya Chattopadhyay)
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh were a few of the thousands of people on the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal on the banks of the Yamuna, the BJP patriarch's ultimate resting position along the stretch which also properties the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
Several overseas dignitaries, together with Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and Pakistan's Law Minister Ali Zafar were provide as Vajpayee was once cremated with full state honours.
The tricolour draping Vajpayee, who died on Thursday on the age of 93 following extended illness on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was once folded and handed over to his granddaughter Niharika.
Leaders at Vajpayee's funeral at Smriti Sthal. (AFP photo)
It was once a sea of white, with maximum mourners dressed within the colour of mourning to bear in mind the man who wove in combination pragmatism and his imaginative and prescient for an inclusive India. Some might be seen wiping their tears.
The intensity of the moment and the warmth led to a few mourners fainting. Among them was once Khush Chaturvedi.
"I am not politically inclined but I wanted to meet (former president) Kalam and Vajpayee once. I couldn't manage to meet them when they were alive, but I had to be here today," the 27-year-old from Siwan in Bihar told PTI.
Thousands of mourners poured into the streets of the national capital as Vajpayee's cortege made its manner from his house to the BJP headquarters on Deendayal Upadhyay Marg after which to the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal.
As the crowds surged ahead, some operating, some strolling, the prime minister and BJP president Amit Shah were amongst those who walked in the back of the gun carriage, embellished with plant life.
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's funeral procession. (TNN photo)
There were people everywhere, masking the roads along the direction from the BJP headquarters to the Smriti Sthal backward and forward, with safety body of workers keeping up strict vigil to make sure that not anything goes flawed.
These were unusual scenes remaining seen when Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi was once assassinated in May 1991 and his funeral procession was once taken from Teen Murti Bhavan to the banks of the Yamuna, stated old-timers.
The crowds had begun collecting from remaining night time itself as news came in of the demise of the three-time prime minister -- who joined the RSS in 1947, rose via ranks to grow to be a stalwart of the BJP and was once the primary non-Congress prime minister to complete a full term in place of job. They first accrued on the medical institution, then at his Krishna Menon Marg house after which on the BJP headquarters.
The old and young, women and men, some with kids, accrued outside the gates of the BJP place of job, anxious for a final glimpse of the past due leader. Some clambered on a neem tree outside, determined to be a part of the proceedings but not able to get within.
Inside, the prime minister and a host of ministers and birthday celebration staff paid their remaining respects to the past due leader, mourned by them and the opposition as one among India's tallest leaders.
Hundreds of people filed past the frame in silence, with a large portrait of a smiling Vajpayee -- a BJP flag on either side -- within the backdrop.
Earlier within the morning, masses of people chanted "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" as Vajpayee's cortege made its manner from his house during the town to reach the BJP place of job about five kilometres away.
Mourners walked and ran beside the carriage, also chanting slogans like 'Jab tak sooraj chand rahega Atal ji ka naam rahega (Till the sun and moon undergo, so will Atal' ji's title)", punctuated by patriotic cheers of 'Bharat Mata ki jai' and 'Vande Mataram'.
In the gang were Ganeshan, 38, and Chennaiah Nadesan, 45, who had flown in from Tamil Nadu.
"Achcha politician, achcha parliamentarian, natural man," he stated in a mix of Hindi and English after paying his homage.
Also within the crowd was once Aakash Kumar, 25, who rode his scooter from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, about 70 km away.
"I used to be most definitely in Class three or four, when I heard one among his speeches and were given drawn in opposition to him. I really liked his poems," Aakash told PTI.
As eulogies were written, analysts took stock of the politician and the man and the town returned to normalcy, BJP leader Anurag Thakur stated the large turnout of people that had come to pay their respects confirmed he resided within the hearts of people.
"Not most effective has India has lost a leader, a son, the arena has lost a statesman," Thakur told newshounds.
Seen as a average face of BJP, Vajpayee first become prime minister in 1996, leading a shaky coalition whose participants were suspicious of the BJP's right-wing politics. It lasted for 13 days and collapsed after losing a vote of no-confidence.
His second stint as prime minister was once in 1998 when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) again came to power but that lasted for just 13 months.
Finally, the NDA with Vajpayee as PM returned to power in 1999 and was once voted out in 2004.
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