Udupi Mourns as Thousands say Good Bye to Padmapriya
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Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD/SP)
Udupi, Jun 17: The mortal remains of Padmapriya, wife of MLA Raghupati Bhat reached Bhat's reidence at Kadamballi, at about 12.00 noon, on Tuesday June 17 from Bangalore. Earlier her mortal remains were brought to Bangalore in the small hours of Tuesday June 17.
As soon as her mortal remains reached home 'Guruprasad' at Karambally near here, Prema Rao, mother of Padmapriya who was found grieving over her daughter's death, could no longer bear the grief and fainted. She was treated by the family doctor who was present for the funeral.
MP Manorama Madhwaraj, former MP Vinay Kumar Sorake, District Congress Committee (DCC) president M A Gafoor, Byndoor MLA K Laxminarayana, Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik, zilla panchayat president Raju Poojary, former Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar and others were present at the funeral.
Padmapriya's mortal remains were kept for public viewing. Thousands of people including party functionaries and workers setting aside party affiliations, well-wishers, friends, supporters of Bhat, bureaucrats etc., paid their last respects to the departed soul. The mortal remains of Padmapriya were consigned to flames at at the backyard of their house, duly complying with all Vedic rites.
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