Last rites ceremony of Jayalalithaa underway, supporters mourn
A sea of people paid homage to the leader as her body was brought to the Memorial from Rajaji Hall earlier.
The former Chief Minister will be buried in a sandalwood casket, reports said.
She will be laid next to the memorial of her political mentor MG Ramachandran.
Politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier visited Chennai to pay their last homage to the leader.
A six-time Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, popularly known as Amma among her followers, breathed her last at Chennai's Apollo Hospitals at 1130 pm Monday after a 75-day long fight. She suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Sunday and finally succumbed after being in life support.
Following her death, the party members have chosen O Panneerselvam as her successor. Panneerselvam already took oath as the Chief Minister.
Image: AIADMK Twitter page
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