Krishna’s last journey
Lakhs pay respects to S.M. Krishna as funeral cortege moves from his residence at Sadashivanagar in Bengaluru to his native village Somanahalli in Maddur taluk for cremation this evening with full State honours
Bengaluru: Lakhs of people paid their last respects to former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who passed away in Bengaluru yesterday, as the cortege carrying the mortal remains of the departed veteran leader, left his residence in Bengaluru’s Sadashivanagar this morning at about 8.30 am for his ancestral village Somanahalli on Bengaluru-Mysuru Road in Maddur taluk, Mandya district, for the conduct of final rites.
The cortege, which was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and others, passed through the main thoroughfares in the capital city leading to Mysuru Road, including Town Hall and Mysuru Circle, during which scores of people who had lined up on either side of the roads bid farewell to Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (S.M. Krishna) with a heavy heart.
The cortege, after having brief halts enroute at designated spots, reached Mysuru Road and travelled through Kengeri, Bidadi, Ramanagara and Channapatna before reaching Somanahalli in Maddur taluk, where the last rites of the former CM will be conducted with full State honours later in the day.
Throughout the route, covering a distance of over 80 kilometres, people in towns and villages had gathered in large numbers to have a final glimpse of their departed leader.
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