The ashes were immersed according to Hindu rites by Shri K R Narayanan’s younger brother, Shri K R Bhaskaran who was a close associate of the BJP. The Church, the report claimed, had kept the matter secret.The daily said “Narayanan was baptized by the Church after the death of his wife Usha Narayanan in 2008’’. The first Indian President to vote while in office, KR Narayanan, was born on October 27, in the year 1920, and passed away on November 9, 2005, aged 85.To get more updates on Current Affairs, send in your query by mail to Copyright © 2020 Living Media India Limited. But three years after Narayanan’s death, his ashes were collected from the Smriti Sthal and deposited at the Church cemetery after constructing a vault. Part of the ashes were mingled with those of Shri K R Narayanan’s late parents,” they said.Finally, “a small portion of the ashes were retained by his widow Smt Usha Narayanan, a Christian, to be buried alongside her. K.R. The report quoted committee secretary Paul V Joshwa as saying the tomb was constructed with government sanction. At the time of his wife’s burial, someone had brought the ashes and claimed that he was a Christian, not a Catholic.”Daughters Chitra and Amrita Narayanan, in a statement to The Indian Express, said: “K R Narayanan was a Hindu and respected equally all religions”.

He was born into a very poor Dalit family and was the fourth among the seven siblings. A tombstone at the Christian Cemetery on Prithviraj Road in the heart of New Delhi, bearing the names of K R Narayanan and his wife Usha Narayanan, made a Kerala TV channel and a daily, both backed by the RSS, claim that the former President was “converted” to Christianity “after his death”. Updated: July 28, 2017 11:10:42 am They married in 1950 in New Delhi after Nehru granted special permission for an IFS officer to marry a foreign national. Narayanan Foundation The K.R. K.R. * The moderation of comments is automated and not cleared manually by Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved K R Narayanan was Hindu, mother wanted his ashes buried alongside her, claim daughters
Acknowledging that he had been getting repeated phone calls inquiring about Narayanan’s religion, he said, “I do not know if K R Narayanan was a Christian or not. (Express Photo/Praveen Khanna) A tombstone at the Christian Cemetery on Prithviraj Road in the heart of New Delhi, bearing the names of K R Narayanan and his wife Usha Narayanan, made a Kerala TV channel and a daily, both backed by the RSS, claim that the former President was “converted” to Christianity “after his death”. A tomb was constructed for Narayanan at the cemetery. Before this, he was the Vice President of India from 1992 to 1997. The grave of K R Narayanan in New Delhi. She was married to K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India. This was an entirely private wish and should be respected accordingly,” the daughters said. KR Narayanan met his future wife, a Burmese woman named Tint Tint who subsequently took on the name Usha, during his first posting in Rangoon. The report said Narayanan was cremated at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal as per Hindu tradition. He was quoted saying that such a tomb was constructed since Narayanan’s wife was a Christian.According to J Rebello, chairman of Delhi Cemeteries Committee, the cemetery “does not bury non-Christians”. The foundation was set up with the mission of improving the conditions of most suppressed sections of Kerala, including women, children, disable persons, aged, and other disadvantaged groups. Narayanan Foundation (KRNF) was established in December 2005 in the loving memory of Narayanan. She played a key role in women social welfare activities initiated by the presidency. For reprint rights: He was born into a Dalit family in Uzhavoor village in present-day Kerela; Narayanan was the fourth of seven children of Kocheril Raman Vaidyar, an Ayurvedic physician.He was born on February 4, 1921, but his uncle, who accompanied him on his first day in school, did not know his actual date of birth, and arbitrarily chose October 27, 1920, for the records; Narayanan later present-day to let it remain official.He studied in an English medium school at Kuravilangad, some 8 km away and generally covered the distance to and from school on foot.He became the first Dalit to obtain a Master's degree in English Literature with a first class from the University of Travancore.For some time, he worked as a journalist with The Hindu and Times of India.He studied Political Science under Harold Laski at the London School of Economics, where he went on a scholarship provided by the Tatas.A letter by Laski addressed to Jawaharlal Nehru helped him get a job at the Indian Foreign Services in 1949.KR Narayanan met his future wife, a Burmese woman named Tint Tint who subsequently took on the name Usha, during his first posting in Rangoon. She was buried at the Prithviraj Road cemetery under the Delhi Cemeteries Committee. info); 4 February 1921 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian politician.He was born in Perumthanam, Travancore, British India.He was the tenth President of India from 1997 to 2002. Narayanan was born on October 27, 1920 in Travancore, Kerala to Kocheril Raman Vaidyar and Punnaththuraveettil Paappiyamma.
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Upon her husband's assumption of the presidency, Usha Narayanan became India's second foreign-born first lady. They said after their father passed away on November 9, 2005, the “state funeral and cremation” took place “according to Hindu rites” in Karma Bhumi near Rajghat, Delhi.After the funeral, a “part of the urns containing the ashes were by taken by train to Haridwar where they were immersed in the Ganga by the eldest daughter in the presence of the Hindu pandit who performed the ceremony according to Hindu rites,” the statement said.“The second part of the urns were accompanied by the younger daughter and taken to Kerala where the state government arranged the procession to the Bharathapuzha river, a sacred river of Kerala.

The marble tombstone, with the national emblem on top, carries both her names — Usha Narayanan and her Christian name Ma Tint Tint — “First Lady of India: 1997 to 2002”, along with her husband, described as “a gentle colossus” and “loving husband of Usha Narayanan”.On Tuesday, Kerala’s Janam TV channel and, a day later, Janmabhumi daily reported “K R Narayanan was converted into Christianity after his death”.


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