Chennai, Sep 26 (UNI) Legendary singer S P Balasubrahmanyam,
popularly called as 'SPB", who passed away here yesterday, was
laid to rest with full police honours at his farm house at Thamaraipakkam
about 25 km from here, in neighbouring Thiruvallur district on Saturday.
Tens and hundreds of people, including locals, bade a tearful adieu to
the singer as his mortal remains were laid to rest with a gun salute and
the bugle sounding the last post.
After Tamil Nadu Minister Ma Foi K Pandiarajan and actors paid their
last respects, locals were allowed to pay their homage to the departed
soul till 1000 hrs, after which SPB's son SPB Charan performed the
last rites after which the body was laid to rest at 1230 hrs.
Only close family members, friends and relatives were allowed to take
part in the last rites.
Earlier, the body of SPB was brought to the farm house from his Chennai
residence last night itself in view of the swelling crowd and due to the
COVID-19-pandemic induced lockdown measures in place.
Police, citing the lockdown said, public would not be allowed to pay their
homage at the farm house. But the district authorities today morning
allowed the public to pay their last respects by following social distancing
norms.
More than 500 police personnel were deployed on security duty at the
farm house.
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