Sri Lanka, May 26 -- The final rites of Sri Lankan cinema icon and veteran actress Malini Fonseka, widely celebrated as the "Queen of Sri Lankan Cinema," is scheduled to be performed with full state honours this evening (26) at Independence Square in Colombo.

The remains of the late veteran actress lie in state at the Tharangani Hall of the National Film Corporation and is scheduled to be taken to Independence Square, Colombo 07, at 8.00 a.m. today.

Afterward, the public will be given an opportunity to pay their final respects from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.

At 3.30 p.m., the body is scheduled to be taken to a special platform built for Buddhist religious rites by artists and past and present students of Gurukula College in Kelaniya, where...