Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan offered prayers for the late Lata Mangeshkar at Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Sunday evening. A photo of Shah Rukh Khan reading dua for Lata Mangeshkar is now going viral.
In the photo, Shah Rukh Khan is seen offering prayers for Lata Mangeshkar and blowing the air after the dua. His manager Pooja Dadlani is seen standing next to him, offering her tribute to the Nightingale of India.
Some of Shah Rukh Khan’s most successful movies under the banner of Yash Raj Films were immortalised by Lata Mangeshkar’s voice.
Apart from Shah Rukh Khan, several other movie stars and music composers attended the final rites ceremony held at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park.
Lata Mangeshkar breathed her last at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital on Sunday. She was 92.
She was under treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) over the past couple of weeks.
Her final rites were performed with full state honours in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, among others.
The central government has decided to observe two days of national mourning in the memory of Lata Mangeshkar. Similar announcements have been made by state governments of Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal and Jharkhand.-India Today
