Kotagiri's last rites performed

Dwaraka Tirumala: The last rites of former Minister and Congress leader Kotagiri Vidyadhar Rao, who passed away on Saturday were conducted in his native village East Edavalli of Kamavarapukota mandal in West Godavari district on Sunday. Thousands of his supporters and family members took out a huge procession in a flower bedecked van carrying Kotagiri's body.

People from the neighbouring villages came to attend the funeral. Priests of Sitaramaswami temple, also known as Chinna Bhadradrialso, paid their last respects by paying floral tributes. State Minister Pithani Satyanarayana, former advisor to the State government KVP Ramachandra Rao, Congress leader Kottapalli Subbarayudu and others also paid their last respects.