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Varanasi, Aug 22 Even as an emotionally charged funeral
procession of shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan reached
Karbala-Fatamaan for burial, the people queued all along the
two-kilometre road through which he had gone to express his 'Aasu
Ka Nazrana' during the 5th and 8th day of the Moharram.
The situation turned more pathetic, when clouds hovering over the
city during the procession and light drizzle was witnessed, which
seemed that the gods were also shedding 'Aasu' for the departed
soul.
The entire route was jammed with millions of people joining the
funeral procession, which started from Beniabagh after offering the
Janaje-e-namaz first by Shia hazarat and then by Sunni hazarat.
Later, the body wrapped in the national tri-colour was put on a
grilled coffin and lifted to a carriage of the CRPF.
A guard of honour was also given to the departed soul by the
state police.
The funeral went through the same route, which was taken by the
Ustad when he went to offer 'Aasu Ka Nazrana' at the Karbala during
Moharram. Bismillah Khan's youngest son Nazim sat on the front of
the carriage alongwith other family members.
The burial would take place under a Neem tree just by the side of
the place where Khan saheb used to sit and play the shehnai during
the 5th and 8th day of Moharram. Army contingent would also give a
guard of honour at the Karbala Fatamaan.
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