Veteran actor Nipon Goswami cremated in Guwahati

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GUWAHATI: The mortal remains of veteran actor Nipon Goswami were laid to rest at Nabagraha Crematorium in Guwahati with state honour. The actor's son Siddhartha Goswami and daughter-in-law Kingkini Goswami lighted the pyre.

The actor passed away yesterday, and his body was taken to his residence from the hospital and then to Jyoti Chitrabon for people to pay their last respects. The body was kept there last night. His fans and the who's who of the film industry and leaders of several organizations paid their last respects to the departed soul. The last journey started this morning from Jyoti Chitrabon to Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakhetra in a special van. It was a serpentine funeral procession. Hundreds of people paid their last respects to the actor at the Kalakshetra, the Kalakshetra Society leading from the front. The body was then taken to the Assam State Film Finance and Development Corporation Ltd at Panjabari for paying respect to the actor by the office-bearers of the corporation.

The procession then headed for Dighalipukhuripar near the statue of Dr Bhupen Hazarika. People paid their last respects to the departed soul there also. From there the body was taken to Rabindra Bhawan and then to Swahid Nyas (AASU office) at Uzan Bazar for paying respects. And then the body was taken to Nabagraha Crematorium.

Several ministers, legislators, film and theatre personalities, playback singers, officials of the district administration, and others were present at the cremation ground.

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