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Zubeen Garg last rites: Assam bids tearful goodbye to music legend; sister lights pyre, wife breaks down
Zubeen Garg last rites: Zubeen Garg was cremated with full state honours at Kamarkuchi village near Guwahati on Tuesday, with his sister Palmee Borthakur performing the last rites as lakhs bid farewell.
Zubeen Garg last rites: The updates to this live blog have ended. Popular singer Zubeen Garg was cremated with full state honours on Tuesday at Kamarkuchi village, about 20 km from Guwahati. His mortal remains were taken in a flower-decked ambulance from the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex, where lakhs of fans, celebrities and well-wishers had gathered over the past two days to pay homage....Read More
The singer’s body, draped in the traditional Assamese gamosa and placed inside a cold glass coffin, was accompanied by his 85-year-old father, wife Garima Saikia, and other family members. Thousands of fans walked behind the cortege, raising slogans and singing his songs one last time before the pyre was lit.
In keeping with tradition, Zubeen Garg was cremated by his sister, Palmee Borthakur, as crowds chanted his name in grief and reverence.
Zubeen Garg death | Key points
- Zubeen Garg died on September 19 in Singapore at the age of 52; the cause of death was listed as drowning.
- His body was flown to Guwahati, where lakhs of fans gathered since Sunday to pay tribute.
- A second post-mortem was conducted on Tuesday at GMCH with doctors from AIIMS-Guwahati present.
- The singer’s final journey began from the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex in Guwahati. His mortal remains were taken in a flower-decked ambulance, draped in a gamosa, as thousands walked with the cortege.
- Family members, including his 85-year-old father and wife Garima Saikia, accompanied the funeral procession.
- The Assam CID is investigating complaints of foul play filed against festival organisers and the singer’s manager.
- All educational institutions in Assam remained closed on Tuesday for his last rites.
PinnedZubeen Garg last rites: Assam bids emotional goodbye; sister lights pyre, wife breaks down
- Popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg was on cremated with full state honours on Tuesday at Kamarkuchi village, located about 20 kilometres from Guwahati.
- Zubeen Garg's sister Palmee Borthakur lit the singer's pyre, performing the last rites as lakhs gathered to bid farewell.
- Before the cremation, the popular singer's mortal remains were taken in a flower-decked ambulance from the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex, where lakhs of celebrities, fans and well-wishers gathered over the last two days to pay him homage.
- Zubeen Garg's body was draped in the traditional Assamese gamosa and placed inside a cold glass coffin, and was accompanied by his 85-year-old father, wife Garima Saikia, and other family members.
- Zubeen Garg died on September 19 during a scuba diving activity in Singapore. Autopsy confirmed the cause of the singer's death as drowning.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's popular song 'Mayabini' plays during his last rites
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Assamese singer Zubeen Garg's popular song ‘Mayabini’ was played during his last rites. The fans who had gathered at the cremation ground also sang the song, which the singer had earlier expressed was very close to his heart.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Fans gather to mourn Zubeen Garg during his last rites
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Hundreds of fans gathered at the cremation site where Assam's beloved singer Zubeen Garg was cremated by his sister in the presence of their family and friends and several dignitaries today.
The fans continued to witness Garg's lighting pyre and took out their phones to capture the emotional farewell.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: ‘Final goodbye to legend,’ says Assam CM in emotional X post
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Paying tributes to Zubeen Garg, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote on X, “The final goodbye to the legend, #BelovedZubeen. You will always be alive in our hearts and thoughts.”
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer's wife breaks down during cremation rituals
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Assamese Singer Zubeen Garg's wife, Garima Saikia Garg, broke down during the cremation rituals of her husband, Zubeen Garg, at the crematorium in Kamarkuchi NC village near Guwahati.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's pyre lit by his sister Palmee Borthakur
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's pyre lit by his sister Palmee Borthakur after Assam police accorded him gun salute.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Gun salute accorded to Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Assam Police accords gun salute to Zubeen Garg ahead of his cremation.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's body placed on pyre
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's body has been placed on pyre following all the rituals.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's body being placed on pyre
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer Zubeen Garg's body is being placed on pyre ahead of cremation.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Rituals underway ahead of Garg's cremation
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg will be cremated with full state honours in Kamarkuchi. Rituals are underway at the site ahead of his last rites. Garg will be accorded a gun salute by the Assam Police.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer's fans sing his song ‘Mayabini’
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Fans of singer Zubeen Garg, who gathered at the cremation site, sang ‘Mayabini’, one of his most iconic songs. Garg had said many times earlier that this song should be sung or played when he dies.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Assam police gets ready for gun salute
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Assam police gets ready for gun salute ahead of Zubeen Garg's cremation.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Dignitaries pay last respects to singer Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Representatives of various prominent organisations such as Assam Sahitya Sabha, All Assam Students Union and Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chattra Parishad pay last respects to singer Zubeen Garg.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Assam CM Himanta Sarma, union minister Kiren Rijiju pay last respects
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Several eminent personalities including Assam chief minister Himanta Sarma and union minister Kiren Rijiju paid last respects to Zubeen Garg before his cremation.
Other dignitaries who have paid their last respects are Assam assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary, union minister and former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal, and union minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margherita.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Rituals to be performed before singer's cremation
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's body has been taken out and placed near the pyre by a team of Assam Police personnel. Some rituals will now be performed before the pyre is lit.
Prior to cremation, there will be a gun salute by Assam Police.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's body has reached cremation site
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer Zubeen Garg's body has reached cremation site at Kamarkuchi, on the outskirts of Guwahati, for his last rites.
Earlier in the day, his second post-mortem was conducted at Gauhati Medical College Hospital.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Preparations underway ahead of Zubeen Garg's cremation
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Preparations are underway at the site where Zubeen Garg's last rites will be conducted. The singer's body is being taken to the cremation site. People have gathered at the site in large numbers to catch a glimpse of the singer.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: ‘Yet to come to terms with Zubeen’s death,' says union minister of state Pabitra Margherita
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: "Zubeen Garg's body will be accompanied by several buses carrying 85 members of Garg's family and close associates," said union minister of state Pabitra Margherita, a BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Assam and a very close friend of Garg for over 30 years, before the body was taken from Sarusajai Stadium to cremation site.
"I am yet to come to terms that Zubeen is no more. Maybe that will set in after few days," he added.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: People gather at cremation site of Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: People gather in huge numbers at the crematorium in Kamarkuchi to attend the last rites of Assamese Singer Zubeen Garg.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's body being taken to Kamarkuchi for cremation
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer Zubeen Garg's body is now being taken to Kamarkuchi in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati for cremation.
It was taken to Sarusajai Stadium after the second postmortem on Tuesday morning.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer's last rites to be performed by his sister
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: The last rites of Zubeen garg will be done by the singer's younger sister Palmee Borthakur, who will be accompanied by Arun Garg, a digital creator and very close associate of Zubeen, and Rahul Gautam Sharma, a writer, lyricist and actor who is very close to Zubeen Garg's family.
Zubeen and his wife Garrima Saikia Garg don't have any children of their own.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer's body reaches Sarusajai Stadium
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's body has reached Sarusajai Stadium after his second post-mortem was done at Gauhati Medical College Hospital.
From there, his body will be taken for cremation at Kamarkuchi in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Who will be present at the singer's cremation
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's cremation will take place on Tuesday, September 23, and his last rites will be performed at Kamarkuchi in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati. Around 85 members of Garg’s family, relatives and close associates will be present at the last rites, which will be performed with full state honours.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer's fans in Jorhat block highway for hours demanding change in funeral venue
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Fans of Zubeen Garg reportedly blocked the national highway in Assam's Jorhat for several hours on Sunday demanding his mortal remains be brought to the city where the singer, who died due to drowning in Singapore last week, spent his formative years.
Zubeen Garg died in Singapore while swimming in the sea on Friday, a day before he was scheduled to perform at North East India Festival. Zubeen Garg's body was brought to Delhi on Sunday and was received by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Read more.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Zubeen Garg's dogs brought in to bid farewell
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer Zubeen Garg's pet dogs were brought by his family on Monday to bid farewell to him.
Sharing a video on X, Assam chief minister Himanta Sarma wrote, “It is often said that dogs are a man's best friend and if dogs love you, you are a great man- well for Iko, Diya, Rambo & Maya, Zubeen was their family and today as they bid a final farewell, they must have felt the same emotions which we are feeling now- Heartbroken.”
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Thousands gather at cremation site to pay respects
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: The site where singer Zubeen Garg will be cremated is located around 25 km outside Guwahati. Thousands have gathered at the cremation site since last night to pay their final respects.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Singer's body to be taken to Sarusajai Stadium
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: After the second autopsy, the singer's body will now be taken back to the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati, where it was kept earlier for public viewing, before being taken to the newly arranged cremation ground at Kamarkuchi in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Kiren Rijiju to attend singer's cremation
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Union minister Kiren Rijiju will be present during the cremation of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, along with other dignitaries.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: Second post-mortem done at Gauhati Medical College Hospital
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: The second post-mortem of singer Zubeen Garg's body was conducted on Tuesday morning at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital. It was done by doctors of Gauhati Medical College Hospital along with doctors from AIIMS-Guwahati.
Zubeen Garg last rites updates: ‘The entire state is grieving,’ says a fan of the singer
Zubeen Garg last rites: Speaking to ANI on Monday, one fan expressed her grief over Zubeen Garg's death and said, “What do I even say. I don't have words to speak. The entire state is grieving. Ever since we heard the news, all of us have been crying. It was a shock for everyone. He was loved by all. May his soul rest in peace.”
Zubeen Garg last rites update: Himanta Sarma pays respect to the singer - ‘There will never be another Zubeen’
Zubeen Garg last rites: Assam chief minister Himanta Sarma said ahead of the singer's last rites that “there will never be another Zubeen”
“A few hours left before #BelovedZubeen begins his final journey. A short while ago, I joined his well wishers at Sarusajai Stadium to pay my tributes. The last 2 days symbolised the love he commands over people. There will never be another Zubeen," he wrote in a post on X.
Zubeen Garg last rites: Singer's second postmortem to be done in Guwahati
Zubeen Garg last rites: Sarma said the fresh post-mortem would be conducted at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Tuesday morning in the presence of some doctors of AIIMS Guwahati.
Following that, the singer's last rites will be performed with full state honours. His body will be taken for the last rites at Kamarkuchi at Sonapur on the outskirts around 10 am with around 85 members of Garg’s family, relatives and close associates.
Zubeen Garg last rites: Why Assam government ordered second post-mortem of singer’s body
Zubeen Garg last rites: A second post-mortem examination of singer Zubeen Garg's body will be conducted on Tuesday morning at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Assam, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced.
According to CM Sarma, the Assam government has decided to conduct another post-mortem on singer Zubeen Garg’s body to rule out any foul play in his death.
“A new demand has cropped up on social media on Tuesday seeking another post-mortem of Garg’s body in Assam. In view of that and after taking consent of his family, the state government has decided to conduct another post-mortem on Garg’s body in Guwahati on Tuesday,” Sarma said. Read more.
