Thiruvananthapuram/Kanyakumari, Aug. 29 -- The mortal remains of A. Balakrishnan, All-India President of Vivekananda Kendra and veteran social worker, were consigned to flames at Kanyakumari around 1 pm on Saturday, following final rites that began at 11 am.
Hundreds of people gathered at Kanyakumari to pay their last respects to Balakrishnan, who passed away in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 88 due to age-related ailments.
A Shradhanjali meeting was held at Kanyakumari after the cremation. Several RSS leaders, including S. Sethumadhavan, R. Sanjayan, Harikrishnan, Prasobh, Ravikumar and Prasanth, former union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V. V. Rajesh and prominent personalities from the social and cultu...