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Husain to be buried at Brookwood cemetery

Updated on: 11 June,2011 08:01 AM IST  | 
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Sticking to legendary Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain's last wishes, his family will lay him to rest at the Brookwood cemetery at Woking in Surrey , on the city's outskirts later.

Husain to be buried at Brookwood cemetery

Sticking to legendary Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain's last wishes, his family will lay him to rest at the Brookwood cemetery at Woking in Surrey , on the city's outskirts later. Husain's body, was kept at Idara-e-Jaaferiya, a funeral Parlour at Tooting, to facilitate the public to pay their last homage to the renowned painter.



According to his family sources, the namaz-i-janaza will be held at 12.45 pm followed by Friday prayers before moving his body to Woking. Husain had expressed a wish to be buried wherever he breathed his last. The burial will be conducted with full Muslim rites. 95-year-old Husain died at the Royal Brompton hospital on Thursday morning. He died of lung congestion, the sources said.

Did you know?
Other celebrities such as Dorabji Tata and Dodi Al-Fayed were also laid to rest at Brockwood Cemetery




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