<p>Guwahati: Singer Zubeen Garg's body was consigned to flames, amid chanting of Vedic hymns in the sylvan surroundings of Kamarkuchi on the outskirts of Assam's Guwahati.</p><p>His sister Palme Borthakur and music composer Rahul Gautam, a protege of the singer, lit the pyre, amid gun salutes.</p><p>They went around the pyre seven times as priests guided them, and all present at the site stood up.</p><p>Zubeen's wife, Garima Saikia Garg, was sitting on the side of the platform where his last rites were performed and was seen sobbing all through the rituals.</p>.Zubeen Garg's last journey: Fans gather in large numbers to celebrate his life and music.<p>As the smoke from the flames flared up, slogans like 'Zubeen, Zubeen' reverberated in the air, and people were seen singing his song 'Mayabini Ratir buku'.</p><p>After the tributes were paid to the popular singer, the Assam Police gave him the gun salute and sounded the bugle.</p><p>The mortal remains of Garg were taken to a platform and placed on the pyre amid chanting of Vedic hymns and blowing of conch shells.</p><p>The family performed certain Vedic rituals while Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Kiren Rijiju and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma placed wood on the pyre.</p><p>A branch of the sandalwood tree, which Zubeen had planted on his birthday in 2017, was placed on the pyre.</p>
<p>Guwahati: Singer Zubeen Garg's body was consigned to flames, amid chanting of Vedic hymns in the sylvan surroundings of Kamarkuchi on the outskirts of Assam's Guwahati.</p><p>His sister Palme Borthakur and music composer Rahul Gautam, a protege of the singer, lit the pyre, amid gun salutes.</p><p>They went around the pyre seven times as priests guided them, and all present at the site stood up.</p><p>Zubeen's wife, Garima Saikia Garg, was sitting on the side of the platform where his last rites were performed and was seen sobbing all through the rituals.</p>.Zubeen Garg's last journey: Fans gather in large numbers to celebrate his life and music.<p>As the smoke from the flames flared up, slogans like 'Zubeen, Zubeen' reverberated in the air, and people were seen singing his song 'Mayabini Ratir buku'.</p><p>After the tributes were paid to the popular singer, the Assam Police gave him the gun salute and sounded the bugle.</p><p>The mortal remains of Garg were taken to a platform and placed on the pyre amid chanting of Vedic hymns and blowing of conch shells.</p><p>The family performed certain Vedic rituals while Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Kiren Rijiju and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma placed wood on the pyre.</p><p>A branch of the sandalwood tree, which Zubeen had planted on his birthday in 2017, was placed on the pyre.</p>