Thronged by a thousand strong crowd of supporters, the funeral procession of late Tamil Nadu CM J.Jayalalithaa headed to the MGR memorial at Marina Beach in Chennai.
Visuals from Marina Beach in Chennai, mortal remains of #jayalalithaa to be buried shortly at MGR memorial pic.twitter.com/O6SIDaMvrL
— ANI (@ANI_news) December 6, 2016
Funeral procession of #Jayalalithaa underway, to be buried at MGR memorial, Marina Beach in Chennai; huge crowd seen. pic.twitter.com/NLQlLJnqi1
— ANI (@ANI_news) December 6, 2016
Congress VP Rahul Gandhi had arrived at Chennai and paid a floral tribute to the late chief minister. The Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) had also taken charge as Chennai geared up for Jaya's final journey.