Jayalalithaa Last Rites

After Jayalalithaa's death, Sasikala took a series of steps to take total control of the party and the government. She kept all family members of Jayalalithaa out of the last rites. She was the one who decided every aspect of the funeral, last rites and the post-funeral sympathy gathering.

More than a month after she took over as AIADMK General Secretary following Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, VK Sasikala was today elected legislature party leader, paving the way for her to become the Chief Minister. At a meeting of party legislators in Chennai, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam proposed Ms Sasikala's name as legisla...

There is no dearth of evidence of how effectively and quickly Sasikala Natarajan assumed the centre stage of Tamil Nadu's ruling party as its chief, J Jayalalithaa, deteriorated from a cardiac arrest towards her death on Monday evening. Most telling was the pride of place that was given to Ms Natarajan as she stood by Ms Jayalalithaa's body to rece...

Jayalalithaa's longtime companion Sasikala Natarajan, always her shadow, emerged into the bright lights today as she performed the last rituals for the iconic Tamil Nadu politician, watched by lakhs.

J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu's beloved Amma (mother), was buried this evening on Chennai's Marina Beach, with lakhs gathered and united in an immense but peaceful show of grief.

Superstar Rajinikanth this morning visited the public auditorium where J Jayalalithaa's body, draped in the national flag, was displayed for lakhs of visitors before her funeral.

Excerpt from Vaasanthi's book Amma: Jayalalithaa's Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen

An era ended as J Jayalalithaa was lowered into the ground in a sandalwood casket next to the memorial of her mentor, MG Ramachandran or MGR at Chennai's Marina Beach on Tuesday evening. Last rites were performed by the politician's long-time companion Sasikala Natarajan, who also received the national flag that had draped Ms Jayalalithaa's body. T...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said she would not attend the last rites of former President APJ Abdul Kalam in Rameswaram owing to her health condition and has deputed seven cabinet colleagues to represent her and the state government at the funeral.

After Jayalalithaa's death, Sasikala took a series of steps to take total control of the party and the government. She kept all family members of Jayalalithaa out of the last rites. She was the one who decided every aspect of the funeral, last rites and the post-funeral sympathy gathering.

More than a month after she took over as AIADMK General Secretary following Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, VK Sasikala was today elected legislature party leader, paving the way for her to become the Chief Minister. At a meeting of party legislators in Chennai, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam proposed Ms Sasikala's name as legisla...

There is no dearth of evidence of how effectively and quickly Sasikala Natarajan assumed the centre stage of Tamil Nadu's ruling party as its chief, J Jayalalithaa, deteriorated from a cardiac arrest towards her death on Monday evening. Most telling was the pride of place that was given to Ms Natarajan as she stood by Ms Jayalalithaa's body to rece...

Jayalalithaa's longtime companion Sasikala Natarajan, always her shadow, emerged into the bright lights today as she performed the last rituals for the iconic Tamil Nadu politician, watched by lakhs.

J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu's beloved Amma (mother), was buried this evening on Chennai's Marina Beach, with lakhs gathered and united in an immense but peaceful show of grief.

Superstar Rajinikanth this morning visited the public auditorium where J Jayalalithaa's body, draped in the national flag, was displayed for lakhs of visitors before her funeral.

Excerpt from Vaasanthi's book Amma: Jayalalithaa's Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen

An era ended as J Jayalalithaa was lowered into the ground in a sandalwood casket next to the memorial of her mentor, MG Ramachandran or MGR at Chennai's Marina Beach on Tuesday evening. Last rites were performed by the politician's long-time companion Sasikala Natarajan, who also received the national flag that had draped Ms Jayalalithaa's body. T...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said she would not attend the last rites of former President APJ Abdul Kalam in Rameswaram owing to her health condition and has deputed seven cabinet colleagues to represent her and the state government at the funeral.