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Pictures: Loved by one and all, large crowd gathers at The Ridge to pay tributes to Raja Virbhadra Singh

Singh's body was kept at Holly Lodge for the entire day on Thursday for ‘antim darshan'

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, July 9

Locals and politicians started arriving early Friday morning at The Ridge in Shimla to pay their last respect to former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, who passed away on Wednesday morning.

Tribune photos: Amit Kanwar

Tribune photos: Amit Kanwar

BJP national president J P Nadda and CM Jai Ram Thakur pay homage to former CM Virbhadra Singh in Shimla on Friday. Tribune photos: Amit Kanwar

BJP national president J P Nadda pays homage to former CM Virbhadra Singh in Shimla on Friday. Tribune photos: Amit Kanwar

Tribune photo: Amit Kanwar

The body will be kept at Ridge Maidan for the public for ‘antim darshan' from 9 am to 11.30 am. Subsequently, it will be taken to state Congress office Rajiv Bhawan on Cart Road in Shimla where it will be kept from 11.40 am to 1 pm.

Tribune photo: Amit Kanwar

Thereafter, the body will be taken to Rampur by road at 1 pm and it is scheduled to reach Padam Palace Rampur at 6 pm.

On Saturday, the body will be kept at Padam Palace Rampur for ‘antim darshan' from 8 am to 2 pm before the funeral at 3 pm.

Singh's body was kept at Holly Lodge for the entire day on Thursday for ‘antim darshan'.

Rahul Gandhi, former National president pay tribute to former CM Virbhadra Singh at congress office, in Shimla on Friday. Photo: Amit Kanwar.

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