Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who died at a hospital in Delhi on Thursday, was laid to rest with full state honours in his ancestral graveyard of Bijbehara town in Anantnag district. (Photo: PTI)
"Mufti Sahib will be buried at his ancestral graveyard at Bijbehara today," PDP general secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir said. The mortal remains would be transported to the mazaar in a well-decorated police vehicle.
According to PDP sources, the mortal remains of the Chief Minister will be flown in from Delhi this afternoon and taken to his Gupkar residence for allowing the party workers and general public to pay their last respects.
Sayeed is survived by his wife, three daughters including PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, and a son.
The Home Minister, who met Sayeed's family in AIIMS soon after his death, said "Mufti Sayeed ji had a wonderful understanding of complex issues pertaining to J&K. He wanted to bring permanent peace to the Valley."
Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met PDP President Mehbooba Mufti and family members of late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at Palam airport.
"In his long political journey, late J&K CM Sayeed won many admirers across the political spectrum," Modi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a floral tribute to late Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at Palam airport.
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Former chief ministers of the state, Omar Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad were among those who attended the funeral prayers which were led by Sayeed's trusted aide, Education Minister Naeem Akhtar. (Photo: Habib Naqash)
The 'Namaaz-e-Janazah' (funeral prayers) of the departed leader was offered in the Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium at Sonawar here, in which thousands of the mourners took part. (Photo: Habib Naqash)
The coffin, in a decked up police vehicle, was later taken in the form of a procession of vehicles to the ancestral town of Bijbehara of the PDP founder. (Photo: PTI)
Sayeed was given full state honours after the funeral prayers, a 21-gun salute and a police band played the ceremonial Last Post for the deceased Chief Minister. (Photo: Habib Naqash)
PDP workers had assembled from the length and breadth of the Kashmir Valley to pay their last respect to the two-time Chief Minister.
Close relatives and senior PDP leaders were among those who had a final glimpse of Sayeed's body before it was given a customary ablution as per Islamic rites necessary before burial. (Photo: PTI)
Sayeed's coffin, draped in the National Tricolour and red-and-white flag of J&K, was later taken from his official residence to the ancestral graveyard in Anantnag. (Photo: Habib Naqash)
The mortal remains of Sayeed reached his official residence on Gupkar Road in Srinagar amidst sloganeering by supporters and workers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he founded in 1999. (Photo: PTI)
'Healing touch' leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passes away at 79