Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, fondly known as the ‘People’s President’, was laid to rest in his hometown Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. Thousands gathered to bid farewell to the People’s President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam who was buried with full state honours at a public ground in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram town where he was born.
At the Pei Karumbu ground, Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted Dr. Kalam’s body which was wrapped in the Indian Tricolour, before the last rites. The PM then walked around Dr Kalam’s body hands folded.
Many chief ministers, union ministers and other political leaders like Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi attended the last rites.
Thousands of people came from all over the country to pay their last respects to the much loved President. People have walked down the highway into Rameswaram, they have come in buses, trains and even boats. Many slept on the roads last night.
