Famous Singer Lata Mangeshkar Dies at 92
Staff reporter,kolkata,7th feb:- The famous old singer Lata Mangeshkar who breathed her last on Sunday, 6th February, 2022 at the age of 92 years, was cremated at Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park with full state honors. The last rites were performed on the singer in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Cricket fame Sachin Tendulkar, actor Shah Rukh Khan and several big personalities. She died on Sunday morning following multi organ failure due to post Covid - 19 complications.
Mangeshkar's mortal remains, draped in the national flag, were taken in a truck from her residence in south Mumbai to Shivaji Park in Dadar on Sunday evening for the funeral.
A large number of people also thronged the roads from where the cortege passed as the 'Nightingale of India' embarked on her final journey. A recipient of Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Dadasahed Phalke Awards, Lata Mangeshkar was an icon of Indian music and cinema. Daughter of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and Shevanti Mangeshkar, she belonged to a prominent musical family. The melody queen recorded songs for more than a thousand films in over thirty-six regional Indian languages. Following the demise of the legend, a two-day national mourning will be observed. It has been reported that the national flag will fly at half-mast in all government institutions.
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