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Kannada star Chiranjeevi Sarja`s last rites performed; Rashmika Mandana, Prithviraj and others mourn him
Chiranjeevi Sarja breathed his last at a city hospital on Sunday evening. He died of cardiac arrest.
New Delhi: The last rites of Kannada star Chiranjeevi Sarja, who died of cardiac arrest on Sunday, were performed today at his farmhouse in Bengaluru. Chiranjeevi breathed his last at a city hospital in the evening. He was later taken to his residence, where friends and fans paid homage to the actor. His final rites happened on Monday afternoon. Stars such as Kiccha Sudeep, Yash and others also came to pay their last respects to Chiranjeevi Sarja.
Among the politicians, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, HD Kumaraswamy and DK Shivakumar also paid homage to the actor. DK Shivakumar visited the Sarja family and tweeted, “Paid my last respect to Chiranjeevi Sarja and condoled Arjun Sarja, Sundar Raj, wife Meghana Raj & brother Dhruva Sarja. Strength to the whole family members & film fraternity. My prayers and thoughts to his whole family members during this time of grief.”
Chiranjeevi Sarja was married to actress Meghana Raj. He is survived by Meghana, parents Ammaji and Vijay Kumar and actor brother Dhruva Sarja.