Jayalalithaa dead: Family, friends mourn death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister
Jayalalithaa dead: Family, friends mourn death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister
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Sasikala Natarajan (first from left) adjusts a cloth around her face where her body is kept for public viewing outside an auditorium in Chennai on Tuesday. Jayalalithaa, the hugely popular south Indian actress who later turned to politics and became the highest elected official in the state of Tamil Nadu, died on Monday. She was 68. AP
Friends of Jayalalithaa grieve next to her body wrapped in the national flag and kept for public viewing outside Rajaji Hall in Chennai on Tuesday. AP
Union minister Venkaiah Naidu (standing, right) was one of the first Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to arrive at Rajaji Hall in Chennai to pay homage to the AIADMK leader on Tuesday. AP
Supporters of Jayalalithaa pay their respects to her body kept for public viewing outside Rajaji Hall in Chennai. The 68-year-old actress-turned-politician died on Monday after cardiac arrest. AP
Supporters and members of her party, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, gathered in huge numbers to pay their homage to Jayalalithaa on Tuesday. AP
A supporter of Jayalalithaa reacts on seeing the body of the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu wrapped in the national flag and kept for public viewing outside Rajaji Hall in Chenna. AP
Known for her welfare politics, Jayalalithaa was revered by many of her followers and women of Tamil Nadu. AP
Indian policewomen prevent a wailing supporter of Jayalalithaa from coming in the way of an ambulance carrying the body of Jayalalithaa outside Apollo Hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. Jayalalithaa, who was 68 passed away on Monday at 11.55 pm. AP