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The final rites of former Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly and former minister Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj will be performed with full royal tradition at the Khandapada royal palace in Nayagarh on Friday.
Prior to the cremation, his son Siddharth Shekhar Singh will be formally crowned as per royal custom, the royal family has announced.
According to tradition, the coronation of the heir takes place before the final rites of the predecessor. The royal family has made elaborate arrangements for the occasion. Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Seventy-year-old Mardaraj had been under...