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Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived in the State on Wednesday evening following his second round of medical treatment in the USA and came out of the Dabolim airport carrying one of two urns containing the ashes of former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Parrikar carried one urn while Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar held the other urn, as they were accompanied by North Goa MP and Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik and South Goa MP Narendra Savoikar out of Dabolim
arport.
According to reports, Parrikar had arrived at Mumbai airport and waited for the two urns headed for Goa, which were flown in from New Delhi. Parrikar then accompanied the two urns during the flight from Mumbai to Goa.
There was a huge police force deployed at Dabolim Airport to prevent any untoward incident, while traffic
Immersion of ashes in
Mandovi, Zuari today
PANAJI: The urns containing ashes (Asti Kalasha) of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were brought to the capital Panaji in a decorated vehicle from the Dabolim airport. The vehicle having a portrait of the late Prime Minister made halts at Sancoale, Pilar junction and at three locations in Panaji - Neuginagar, the spring (Zhar) at Mala and at Sangam Lodge, Mala - where people paid their respect.
The ashes will be kept to Party headquarters in Panaji overnight, where a special pandal has been erected.
On Thursday these Asti Kalasha will be taken to the two districts in North and South Goa to allow people to pay tributes.
The ashes will then be immersed in river Mandovi by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and in the Zuari river by South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar.
