Iconic singer Asha Bhosle paid tributes to her beloved sister and nation’s nightingale Lata Mangeshkar. Taking to her Instagram handle on Sunday night, Bhosle posted a picture from their childhood days with the caption, “Bachpan ke din bhi kya din the. Didi and I.”
Several members of the film fraternity and fans poured in supporting comments.
“Adorable,” A R Rahman wrote. Hrithik Roshan dropped a heart emoticon.
“Hum sub aapke saath hai ma’am #lataji hum sub ke #dilo main hai hamesha raheygi,” a fan added.
For the unversed, Mangeshkar passed away on Sunday due to multiple organ failure at the age of 92. The iconic singer got admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital on January 8 after she was diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia.
Several celebrities attended her last rites at Shivaji Park on Sunday including actor Shah Rukh Khan, actor Ranbir Kapoor, actor Aamir Khan, actor Shraddha Kapoor, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, singer Anuradha Podwal, musician Shankar Mahadevan, actor Vidya Balan and her husband and producer Siddharth Roy Kapur.
For the final rites, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to pay his last respects. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was also present on the occasion.
Two-day national mourning will be observed in memory of Lata Mangeshkar, government sources informed on Sunday.
