Watch video: Jayalalithaa supporters shave their heads in mourning

Supporters of the former Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa shaved their heads on Tuesday in Coimbatore to mourn the demise of their leader.

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#WATCH: Supporters in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) shave their heads in mourning after #Jayalalithaa's demise pic.twitter.com/BBaGFsRZyF

- ANI (@ANI_news) December 6, 2016

Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, one of India's most charismatic political leaders, died in Chennai on Monday night after a bitter 74-day battle for life, ending an era in Tamil Nadu politics and plunging the state in deep grief. She was 68.

Jayalalithaa, a spinster, breathed her last at the Apollo Hospitals just before midnight, over 24 hours after she suffered a cardiac arrest that derailed the halting progress she had been making on the health front.