Lata Mangeshkar to be laid to rest with full state honours in Mumbai

Following the demise of iconic playback singer Lata Mangeshkar at the age of 92 on Sunday morning, the Indian government has annonced two days of National mourning, reported Indian Express. She will be laid to rest with full state honours on Sunday evening at Mumbai’s Shivaji park. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be visiting the city to pay his respects to the late singer.

In accordance with the announcement of National mourning, the Indian flag will be flown at half-mast in the country and there will be no official entertainment during the two-day time period.

The Bollywood superstar singer, known to millions as the "Nightingale of India" and a regular fixture of the country's airwaves for decades passed away in a Mumbai hospital after being admitted to its intensive care unit on January 11 with Covid-19 symptoms.

"I am anguished beyond words," India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter. "The kind and caring Lata Didi has left us. She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled."