Jayalalithaa funeral sees two departures from tradition

Jayalalithaa’s body was buried instead of being cremated, going against Vaishnavite Brahminical tradition Her friend Sasikalaa Natarajan, led the former chief minister’s nephew Deepak Jayakumar in performing the final rites CHENNAI: The funeral ceremony of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday was a departure from tradition in two aspects. First, Jayalalithaa’s body was […]

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