 The last rites were performed by his nephew Dr. P. V. Ramachandran, at "Ekta sthal" on the banks of the River Yamuna (adjacent to "Shanti van", the memorial of his mentor Jawaharlal Nehru).Part of the urns containing the ashes were by taken by train to Haridwar where they were immersed in the Ganga by the eldest daughter in the presence of the Hindu pandit who performed the ceremony according to Hindu rites.The second part of the urns were accompanied by the younger daughter and taken to Kerala where the State Government arranged the procession to the Bharthapuzha river, a sacred river of Kerala.