MUMBAI: Prime Minister Modi Narendra Modi will attend legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Sunday, officials said.
The 92-year-old Lata Mangeshkar will be cremated later in the evening. She will be given a state funeral.
Modi is scheduled to land in Mumbai at 4:15 pm and make his way to Shivaji Park.
Lata Mangeshkar died early on Sunday morning. She’d been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai on January 8 for Covid and pneumonia. The central government announced national mourning on Sunday and Monday over the legendary singer’s demise, a government communique said.
“During State Mourning, the National Flag will be flown at half-mast both days throughout India and there will be no official entertainment,” the communique said.
