Vani Jayaram cremated with full state honours

Vani Jayaram who was named for Padmabhushan was cremated with full state honours at the Besant nagar electric crematorium on Sunday afternoon.

Chennai, Feb 5( BPNS)

Vani Jayaram who was named for Padmabhushan was cremated with full state honours at the Besant nagar electric crematorium on Sunday afternoon. The singer who has won 3 national awards and state awards from four state governments passed away on Saturday at her residence in Haddows road, Chennai. She was 78.

Earlier in the day Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin reached her residence and paid tributes to the departed singer. Stalin was accompanied by the state health minister, Ma Subramanian.

A wreath was laid on behalf of the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by the Kerala government official in charge of Non-Resident Kerala Affairs in Chennai.

Vani Jayaram has sung more than 10,000 songs in 19 different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Odiya, Hariyanvi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, and several other languages. She won state government awards for the best singer from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odiya, and Gujarati.

Her husband Jayaram pre-deceased her in 2018. The couple doesn’t have children.