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on the same day. Unmindful of the rules and regulations of the airport authori-

ties they all wanted to be the first to have the last glimpse of the great man. From
Palam the cortege was taken to Modinagar on a vehicle decked with flowers.

It was followed by five rows of vehicles upto one mile and there was a virtual
stampede for an hour at Modinagar. His body was taken to Shri Laxmi Narayan

Temple and placed on a bier in the Sankirtan Bhawan of the temple where tens
of thousands of people had gathered to pay their last homage. It was a veritable

ocean of humanity. The cremation ceremony began at 7 p. m. The sandal wood
pyre was lit by his eldest son, Krishna Kumar. According to the last wishes of the

Rai Bahadur, the last rites were performed in the premises of the temple, which
he had built and which he daily visited when he was at Modinagar, as he always

wanted to be near his Creator.

On hearing the news, the great Saints and Mahatmas - Swami Yishnuasramji,
Swami Krishnanand Govindanand Ji, Jagat Guru Goswami Purushotam Ji, paid

homage and performed Kirtan and Pravachan for the peace of the departed
soul. Shri Anandmai Ma wrote to his wife:

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