India, Sept. 23 -- Singer Zubeen Garg was cremated with full state honours in Kamarkuchi in Assam's Kamrup Metropolitan district near Sonapur on Tuesday. The last rites were performed by his sister Palmee Borthakur.

Garg's final journey to the cremation site on the outskirts of Guwahati began around 10 am. A crowd gathered at the crematorium in Kamarkuchi before the last rites were performed, with fans singing 'Mayabini', one of his most iconic songs.

A team of Assam police personnel carried Garg's coffin as pallbearers, and a gun salute was accorded to the late singer before the cremation.

Several prominent personalities, including Assam chief minister Him Sarma, union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Sarbananda Sonowal, and Assam assembly ...