Former President APJ Abdul Kalam's Body Taken To Rameswaram For Last Rites

NEW DELHI, INDIA - JULY 29: Services personnel pay homage as the mortal remains of the former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, is carried during its departure to Rameshwaram for the final rites, at AFS Palam, on July 29, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Kalam's body, wrapped in the tricolour, was taken to the airbase at 7 am in a gun carriage from his residence at 10 Rajaji Marg, where thousands of people had bid farewell to the man who became known as the "people's President". The 83-year-old scientist, who played a key role in shaping India's missile and nuclear programme, died after suffering a massive cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM-Shillong on Monday evening. The government has declared seven days of state mourning in his honour. (Photo by Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)