Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar

Thousands of grief-stricken people on Wednesday bid a tearful farewell to Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar as his mortal remains were consigned to the flames in the royal cemetery in Mysore just before sunset.

He lived like a Maharaja although he was not one technically or legally and inherited palaces but sans a kingdom.

Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar from the former royal family of Mysore and who was recently elected president of the Karnataka cricket association, died of a heart attack in Bangalore today.

Thousands of grief-stricken people on Wednesday bid a tearful farewell to Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar as his mortal remains were consigned to the flames in the royal cemetery in Mysore just before sunset.

He lived like a Maharaja although he was not one technically or legally and inherited palaces but sans a kingdom.

Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar from the former royal family of Mysore and who was recently elected president of the Karnataka cricket association, died of a heart attack in Bangalore today.