BBC
Indian singer-composer Zubeen Garg has been cremated with state honours and a 21-gun salute in Guwahati city in India's northeastern state of Assam.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered to mourn the death the 52 year-old singer who drowned on 19 September in Singapore, where he had gone to perform at a live concert.
Garg's cremation was held after a second autopsy on the body was conducted to rule out any foul play in his death, Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
At the cremation ground, the crowd sang lines from one of his most popular songs - Mayabini.
Garg was a cultural icon in Assam, singing in more than 40 languages and dialects in a career spanning 33 years. His hit Hindi song Ya Ali from the 2006 film Gangster made him nationally famous.
Assam declared three days of mourning after his passing, with several prominent personalities including politicians, musicians and hordes of fans from across the region travelling to Guwahati to pay their last respects to the singer.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier mourned Garg on X, saying he would be remembered for his "rich contribution to music".
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered to mourn the death the 52 year-old singer who drowned on 19 September in Singapore, where he had gone to perform at a live concert.
Garg's cremation was held after a second autopsy on the body was conducted to rule out any foul play in his death, Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
At the cremation ground, the crowd sang lines from one of his most popular songs - Mayabini.
Garg was a cultural icon in Assam, singing in more than 40 languages and dialects in a career spanning 33 years. His hit Hindi song Ya Ali from the 2006 film Gangster made him nationally famous.
Assam declared three days of mourning after his passing, with several prominent personalities including politicians, musicians and hordes of fans from across the region travelling to Guwahati to pay their last respects to the singer.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier mourned Garg on X, saying he would be remembered for his "rich contribution to music".
