Veteran leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa laid to rest with state honours

Veteran politician, educationist, and industrialist Shamanur Shivashankarappa was laid to remainder with authorities honours, with thousands of people, seers, eminent personalities, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, and others paying past respects and participating successful the ceremonial successful Davangere connected Monday.

A big of seers from assorted communities, different leaders including Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Speaker U.T. Khader, Chairman of Legislative Council Basavraj Horatti, erstwhile Chief Ministers B.S. Yediyurappa, Jagadish Shettar, Basavaraj Bommai, a big of Ministers including Eshwar B. Khandre and M.B. Patil, legislators from assorted governmental parties and others paid past respects.

Prior to the State funeral, the mortal remains of the seasoned person were taken successful a procession crossed the city, starting from the residence of the precocious leader. The assemblage was kept astatine High School Grounds for radical to wage their past respects. The ceremonial procession past began from the Ground to Kalleshwara Rice Mill, wherever the mortal remains were laid to rest.

The full metropolis seemed to beryllium successful mourning with roads wearing a deserted look arsenic astir of the shops and commercialized establishments remaining closed arsenic a people of respect to the seasoned Congress person and Lingayat strongman.

The ceremonial was conducted with authorities honours and arsenic per Veerashaiva Lingayat contented successful the beingness of the household members, Chief Minister Siddaramaih, and a big of different leaders. The mortal remains were buried adjacent to the samadhi of Shivashankarappa’s woman Parvathi connected the premises of Kalleshwara Rice Mill.

A big of seers from Veerashaiva Lingayat assemblage were present, seers of different communities including Immadi Siddarameshwar Swami, Madar Channayya Swami, Srikrishna Yadavanand Swami, Shanthaveer Swami, Keteshwar Swami and others were among those who paid past respects.