Ratan Tata's final rites performed as per Parsi tradition
Family members, including his half-brother Noel Tata, and top executives from the Tata Group were present. Union Home Minister Amit Shah too was present
The final rites of renowned industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata were conducted with full state honours at a central Mumbai crematorium on Thursday (October 10) evening.
The Mumbai police paid tribute to Tata with a gun salute.
Family members, including his half-brother Noel Tata, and top executives from the Tata Group, such as chairman N Chandrasekaran, were present at the crematorium in Worli.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Congress leader and former CM Sushilkumar Shinde, among others, were also present.
The last rites were performed according to Parsi tradition, said one of the priests present at the crematorium.
Following the funeral, three more days of rituals will be conducted at the late industrialist's bungalow in Colaba, South Mumbai, the priest added.
Tata (86), a Padma Vibhushan recipient, passed away after a brief illness at a city hospital late Wednesday night.
(With agency inputs)