India, Sept. 23 -- Emotions ran high as a sea of fans bid a tearful farewell to legendary Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, who was cremated with full state honours at Kamarkuchi NC village on the outskirts of Guwahati on Tuesday.

His wife, Garima Saikia Garg, broke down during the rituals, unable to hold back her grief as family members, fans, and dignitaries gathered to pay their final respects.

The singer's body, brought to the cremation site after a second post-mortem at Gauhati Medical College Hospital, was placed on a podium next to the platform where the funeral pyre had been constructed under a white canopy, adorned with flowers. Priests chanted Vedic hymns since morning, and Assam Police personnel carried his casket, giving him a ce...