King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Mauritius foreign minister arrived in India on Saturday to attend former prime minister Manmohan Singh's funeral in Delhi. Earlier, the mortal remains of the former PM reached Delhi's Nighambodh Ghat crematorium for last rites.
Wangchuck laid a wreath on the mortal remains of Singh during his funeral at Nigambodh Ghat.
In a press communique, Mauritius on Saturday announced that its national flag will be flown at half-mast as a mark of respect to the former Indian PM.
Singh, who served as the prime minister from 2004 to 2014 and is widely known as the architect of India's economic reforms, died on Thursday night. He was 92.
India's relations with several key countries, including Bhutan and Mauritius, saw significant upswing during Singh's prime ministership.
Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur and one of their daughters also laid a wreath on his body and paid their last respects. Considered the architect of India's economic reforms, Singh served as the prime minister for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.
A seven-day national mourning is being observed throughout the country as a mark of respect to the former prime minister during which the national flag will be flown at half-mast across the nation, the Union Home Ministry has announced.
President Murmu, PM Modi pay tributes
President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union ministers also paid their last respects to Singh at Nigambodh Ghat. Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, and the three services chiefs also paid their last respects to Singh.
Draped in the Tricolour, the flower-bedecked casket was placed at a raised platform, where leaders cutting across party lines laid wreaths on Singh's mortal remains.
Final journey of Manmohan Singh
Earlier, the final journey of Singh began from the AICC headquarters on Saturday morning after Congress leaders paid homage to their departed leader.
The vehicle carrying the mortal remains of Singh left the Congress headquarters in a procession amid chants of "Manmohan Singh amar rahe". A large number of Congress workers and leaders along with hundreds of Singh's well-wishers walked along as "Jab tak suraj chand rahega, tab tak tera naam rahega" slogans rent the air.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, also accompanied the procession alongside Singh's relatives.
Singh's mortal remains were taken to the AICC headquarters from his residence on 3, Motilal Nehru Road a little before 9 am.
(With PTI inputs)
