The funeral of legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle has taken place in Mumbai, a day after she died at the age of 92.
The two-time Grammy nominee was cremated at the city’s Shivaji Park on Monday with full state honours.
The ceremony was attended by celebrities and politicians, with scenes at the venue showing large crowds gathered outside to bid her farewell.
Bhosle’s career spanned nearly eight decades and included thousands of recordings across genres and languages. She died in Mumbai on Sunday after being admitted to hospital following a heart attack.
Her death has prompted an outpouring of grief from across India and beyond, with fans remembering her as one of the defining voices of Indian cinema.
Since Sunday, thousands visited her Mumbai residence to pay their last respects. On Monday, her body lay in a casket draped in the Indian flag and surrounded by floral wreaths.
Her remains were later carried in a truck covered in white flowers from her home to the cremation site.
Videos showed the vehicle moving slowly through the streets, with people lined along the route – some watching from rooftops and balconies – to bid her a final goodbye.
She was honoured with a gun salute at her funeral.
Just before her pyre was lit, many of those gathered there began singing one of her iconic songs – “Abhi na jaao chhor kar” which roughly translates to “don’t leave just yet”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Bhosle was “one of the most iconic and versatile voices India has ever known, while President Draupadi Murmu said her death was “an irreparable loss to music lovers”.
Leading figures from the film industry and sport, including Shah Rukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar, also paid tribute, reflecting the breadth of her influence across generations.
Khan wrote that Bhosle was “a talent that will outlive many” and that her “voice has been one of the pillars of Indian cinema and will continue to resonate world over for centuries to come”.
