A large crowd of followers, well-wishers, former associates and workers of Lata Mangeshkar turned up at her house Prabhu Kunj on Peddar Road after information of her passing away on Sunday morning. Raghunath Patil, a kind of who arrived outdoors her residence, labored as a driver at Yashraj Films and had come from Badlapur with a garland. “Many years back, I used to drive her to many places. I am waiting to see her and pay respects,”’ Patil mentioned.
The singer’s physique was dropped at her house from the Breach Candy Hospital at round 1 pm.
Her home assist, Bimal Sonawane (79), mentioned, “I worked with Didi for 42 years. We used to give her medicines, clean her room, accompany her on tours to Pune and Kolhapur. During the Ganesh festival, my friends used to come for her Ganpati celebrations. I have brought laddoos for her earlier and she used to eat them. I had never travelled in a plane till I joined her services. Only because of her, I used to travel in planes.” However, police stopped Bimal from getting into the constructing her requests to go inside.
An individual, who had come from Vasai, mentioned, “I was disappointed at the way police organised the funeral. Common people were barely allowed to get darshan. I grew up hearing her songs and can’t imagine music without Lata Mangeshkar.”
The Mumbai police band additionally performed a lot of her songs outdoors her constructing.
Meanwhile, a number of celebrities and politicians, together with Actor Amitabh Bachchan, MNS chief Raj Thackeray and singer Suresh Wadkar met the Mangeshkar household at their house. A number of singers and individuals who got here from the movie business have been stopped by the police and political activists and have been pleading to be allowed to go and pay respects.
Fans had additionally come outdoors her house and site visitors at Pedder Road was shifting at a sluggish tempo. Many sobbed as her physique was dropped at the bottom ground and because the cortege left house. As her physique was introduced down, officers from three armed companies draped it and on her. Some of the members of the family have been allowed climbed atop the truck carrying her physique. The site visitors was halted for almost half-hour because the cortege left house.
At Prabhu Kunj, contingents from the Mumbai Police, the Dogra Regiment of Indian Army, Navy and Air Force got here to pay their respects. A contingent of Army and police officers accompanied the physique to Shivaji Park.
