Bengaluru, July 20 -- Chennamma Deve Gowda, wife of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, was laid to rest with full state honours at the foothills of the Bettada Ranganathaswamy Temple near Haradanahalli, the native village of the former Prime Minister in Karnataka, on Monday, July 20.

Thousands of people, political leaders and admirers gathered to pay their last respects to the matriarch of the Gowda family.

Following the floral tributes by dignitaries, the Karnataka Police accorded full state honours with a three-round gun salute, followed by the National Anthem. A two-minute silence was observed in her memory before Chief Minister DK Shivakumar handed over the National Flag to HD Deve Gowda's family.

Her last rites were performed at...