<p>Kuppali Sitaramaiyya Sudarshan, who headed the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) for much of the period Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister, died early Saturday in Raipur after suffering a cardiac arrest, RSS officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sudarshan, 81, the first RSS chief from southern India, is survived by a brother and a sister. His last rites will be held in Nagpur on Sunday.<br /><br />The eyes of Sudarshan have been donated. Sudarshan had pledged his eyes to Madhav Netra Pidhi (Eye Bank) at Raipur.<br /><br />Accordingly his corneas were removed, which would be grafted in the eyes of a needy person. His body will be brought by a flight to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur and will be kept there to enable people to pay their last respects.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Kuppali Sitaramaiyya Sudarshan, who headed the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) for much of the period Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister, died early Saturday in Raipur after suffering a cardiac arrest, RSS officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sudarshan, 81, the first RSS chief from southern India, is survived by a brother and a sister. His last rites will be held in Nagpur on Sunday.<br /><br />The eyes of Sudarshan have been donated. Sudarshan had pledged his eyes to Madhav Netra Pidhi (Eye Bank) at Raipur.<br /><br />Accordingly his corneas were removed, which would be grafted in the eyes of a needy person. His body will be brought by a flight to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur and will be kept there to enable people to pay their last respects.<br /><br /></p>