Chennai: Public continues to throng Jaya’s memorial on the Marina and her Poes Garden residence. Visitors expressed that the homage period was too short for them to pay their last respects.
With crowds swelling about 500 policemen had been deployed near the beach and to ensure that the sanitation is well kept corporation also deployed additional staff to keep the beach clean.
AIADMK cadres provide free food to visitors near Jayalalithaa's memorial at Marina beach. (Photo: DC)
With the party workers offering free food and drinking water to the people paying homage, the crowd also spent time discussing the six time Chief Minister.
Parents were also seen explaining to their children about the former chief ministers M. G. Ramachandran and Anna Durai, who was also laid to rest on Marina.
“Marina is a popular place among my family members, but have never been to the memorials in the beach. But after the demise of Ms Jayalalithaa my family members wanted to see her memorial,” said K. Janakiraman, who had come all the way from Cuddalore along with his family.
Meanwhile, long queues were also witnessed in Poes garden, where the public was allowed inside Veda Nilayam, the residence of late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
“I have not seen the AIADMK leader from close quarters and asked my father to accompany me to Poes Garden. The house is sprawling and we were allowed only till the entrance portico”, said K. Aishwarya, recruiter for a software company.
“My family members wanted to pay homage to the leader, but due to the crowd and time factor, we watched the funeral on TV.” “After hearing the news that the public was allowed to see the Poes garden, I rushed with my brother”, said S. Raja, a resident of Adyar.
