Politicians & military personnel pay floral tributes to CDS General Rawat, others

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and military personnel among others paid floral tributes to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others killed in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash in Coonoor on December 8. The mortal remains of General Rawat and the others were kept at the Palam Air Force station in New Delhi after their bodies were brought to Delhi in a military aircraft from Tamil Nadu.

Army officers carry the coffins containing the mortal remains of India's defense chief General Bipin Rawat and other 12 victims who lost their lives in a helicopter crash a day earlier, during a tribute ceremony at Palam Air Force station in New Delhi. Credit: AFP Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage next to the coffin containing the mortal remains of India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, at an airport in New Delhi. Credit: Reuters Photo

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal pay tribute to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat at his residence in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo

Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah pays his last respects to late Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays his tribute to Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and other 12 victims who lost their lives in a helicopter crash a day earlier, during a tribute ceremony at Palam Air Force station in New Delhi. Credit: AFP Photo

Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane pays his tribute to Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and other 12 victims who lost their lives in a helicopter crash a day earlier, at Palam Air Force station in New Delhi. Credit: AFP Photo

Daughters of India's Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat pay their respects during a tribute ceremony at Palam Air Force station in New Delhi. Credit: AFP Photo

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval pays his tribute to Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and other 12 victims who lost their lives in a helicopter crash a day earlier, during a tribute ceremony at Palam Air Force station in New Delhi. Credit: AFP Photo

Daughter of Brigadier LS Lidder bids final goodbye to her father during a wreath laying ceremony at an airport in New Delhi. Credit: Reuters Photo

Daughters of India's Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat arrive during a tribute ceremony at Palam Air Force station in New Delhi. Credit: AFP Photo

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and military personnel among others paid floral tributes to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others killed in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash in Coonoor on December 8. Credit: Reuters Photo

The mortal remains of the crash victims were brought to the venue earlier in decorated army trucks. Credit: PTI Photo

The mortal remains of the crash victims in caskets wrapped in the Indian tricolour. Credit: PTI Photo

The mortal remains of General Rawat and the others were later taken to Coimbatore by road from where they were flown to New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo

The last rites of India's first CDS will be performed with full military honours. Credit: AFP Photo

Stalin, seen wearing a black muffler, laid a wreath and paid floral tributes to General Rawat and others and later briefly spoke to the Army brass present there. Credit: AFP Photo

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan pays her last respects to CDS Bipin Rawat in Chennai. Credit: Twitter/@DrTamilisaiGuv

Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ramachandran pays tribute to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in Tamil Nadu. Credit: PTI Photo

An Army officer pay respect to Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat during a military funeral ceremony at the Madras regimental Center in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. Credit: AFP Photo

MK Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu pay respect to Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat during a military funeral ceremony at the Madras regimental Center in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. Credit: AFP Photo

Army officers pay respect near the coffin containing the mortal remains of Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat during a military funeral ceremony at the Madras regimental Center in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. Credit: AFP Photo

Army officers pay their last respects to the mortal remains of Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat and 12 others who lost their lives in a helicopter crash in Coonoor during a military funeral ceremony at the Madras regimental Center in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. Credit: AFP Photo

Officers pay tribute to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other officials, who were killed in an IAF's Mi-17V5 helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu, at Madras Regimental Centre in Wellington. Credit: PTI Photo

Army officers carry the coffin containing the mortal remains of India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. Credit: Reuters Photo

Wife of Brigadier LS Lidder gets emotional as she pays her homage to her husband during a wreath laying ceremony at an airport in New Delhi. Credit: Reuters Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage next to the coffin containing the mortal remains of India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, at an airport in New Delhi. Credit: Reuters Photo