<p>Puri: The last rites of veteran BJP leader and former union minister Debendra Pradhan were performed with full state honours at Swargadwar in Odisha's Puri on Tuesday, officials said.</p><p>On the occasion, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other dignitaries were present there and paid their tribute to Pradhan who died on Monday morning due to age-related ailments. He was 84.</p><p>"The mortal remains of Pradhan were consigned to flames at Swargadwar here with full state honours," an official said.</p><p>Amid chanting of Sanskrit slokas, Pradhan’s elder son Soumendra lit the funeral pyre after the Odisha Police accorded the guard of honour to the departed leader.</p>.Odisha's Boudh remains hottest place in country for third consecutive day.<p>His younger son and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was also present there.</p><p>'Dr Debendra Pradhan amar rahe' slogan reverberated through the air at the Swargadwar.</p><p>Puri MP Sambit Patra, Yoga Guru Baba Ram Dev, several Odisha ministers and BJP leaders from the Centre and the state attended the funeral.</p><p>Debendra Pradhan was a union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and was a three-time president of the BJP in Odisha.</p>.<p>He was also the national vice-president of the BJP in 2001-2002.</p><p>Debendra Pradhan breathed his last at his son's official residence in Teen Murti Lane in New Delhi.</p><p>He is survived by his wife Basanta Manjari Pradhan and two sons.</p>.<p>Leaders of various political parties visited Pradhan’s residence and paid floral tribute to the departed soul.</p><p>Leader of Opposition in the state assembly and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik, ex-minister Bijay Mohapatra and ex-MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik visited Pradhan's house at Chandrasekharpur in Odisha and paid their last respects.</p><p>"Thousands of people have gathered here to pay their last respects...Dr Debendra Pradhan has done a lot for the BJP in the state. The BJP formed government today in Odisha and Pradhan ji had laid the foundation of it in the early days. I pray that his family has the strength to bear this loss," Majhi said.</p><p>The people visited Pradhan’s house till late night and paid their respects.</p><p>Debendra Pradhan’s body was taken in a procession from his house to Puri. </p>
<p>Puri: The last rites of veteran BJP leader and former union minister Debendra Pradhan were performed with full state honours at Swargadwar in Odisha's Puri on Tuesday, officials said.</p><p>On the occasion, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other dignitaries were present there and paid their tribute to Pradhan who died on Monday morning due to age-related ailments. He was 84.</p><p>"The mortal remains of Pradhan were consigned to flames at Swargadwar here with full state honours," an official said.</p><p>Amid chanting of Sanskrit slokas, Pradhan’s elder son Soumendra lit the funeral pyre after the Odisha Police accorded the guard of honour to the departed leader.</p>.Odisha's Boudh remains hottest place in country for third consecutive day.<p>His younger son and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was also present there.</p><p>'Dr Debendra Pradhan amar rahe' slogan reverberated through the air at the Swargadwar.</p><p>Puri MP Sambit Patra, Yoga Guru Baba Ram Dev, several Odisha ministers and BJP leaders from the Centre and the state attended the funeral.</p><p>Debendra Pradhan was a union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and was a three-time president of the BJP in Odisha.</p>.<p>He was also the national vice-president of the BJP in 2001-2002.</p><p>Debendra Pradhan breathed his last at his son's official residence in Teen Murti Lane in New Delhi.</p><p>He is survived by his wife Basanta Manjari Pradhan and two sons.</p>.<p>Leaders of various political parties visited Pradhan’s residence and paid floral tribute to the departed soul.</p><p>Leader of Opposition in the state assembly and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik, ex-minister Bijay Mohapatra and ex-MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik visited Pradhan's house at Chandrasekharpur in Odisha and paid their last respects.</p><p>"Thousands of people have gathered here to pay their last respects...Dr Debendra Pradhan has done a lot for the BJP in the state. The BJP formed government today in Odisha and Pradhan ji had laid the foundation of it in the early days. I pray that his family has the strength to bear this loss," Majhi said.</p><p>The people visited Pradhan’s house till late night and paid their respects.</p><p>Debendra Pradhan’s body was taken in a procession from his house to Puri. </p>