New Delhi| The Government of India has declared two days of national mourning in the country on the death of Lata Mangeshkar, the country’s highest civilian awardee, Bharat Ratna. During the mourning, the national flag of the country will be flown at half-mast in his honor for two days. No official or formal program is organized during national mourning. Lata Mangeshkar’s last rites will be performed with full state honors. During this, his body will be draped with the tricolor and armed forces personnel will salute him at the last rites.
Lata Mangeshkar’s last rites will be performed with full state honors at Shivaji Park in Mumbai this evening.
Swara Kokila Lata Mangeshkar passed away on Sunday morning at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. She was admitted to this hospital for the last one month.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda, Union Government Ministers, BJP veterans and Chief Ministers of the states expressed deep grief, describing his death as an irreparable loss. has done.
