Bhupen Hazarika to be cremated on the banks of the Brahmaputra
The Assam government on Sunday decided to arrange the cremation of the departed music legend Bhupen Hazarika at the Sankardev Uddyyan at Fancybazar locality in the heart of the city on the banks of the Brahmaputra. The cremation will take place on Tuesday.
The State government also declared Tuesday a holiday as a mark of respect to the ballad singer, composer, journalist, litterateur and acclaimed filmmaker.
The demand for cremation of the ballad singer at a public place and construction of a memorial at the site on the pattern of Rajghat Samdhi of Mahatma Gandhi was first raised by the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and then echoed by different quarters. The State government's decision came as thousands of mourners thronged the banks of the Dighalipukhuri tank here to offer their tribute at the statute of the singer that was constructed at the initiative of the AASU and inaugurated by Bhupen Hazarika himself in 2009. The crowd included filmmakers, singers, actors, political leaders, students and youth, men and women, old and young.
The mortal remains of the bard will be flown from Mumbai to Assam on Monday and will reach the Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi international airport here at 11.40 a.m.
From the airport it will be taken in a convoy to his Nizarapara residence and it will stop briefly at Dharapur, Gauhati University, Maligaon, Bharalumukh, Dighalipukhuri en route to enable the people to pay tributes. f the convoy.
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Dr.Bhupen Hazarika - the identity, the soul of Assam will be missed, respected and remembered by the people of Assam throughout their lives. He will always be alive in our hearts and his songs will always lingerer in our ears. May his soul rest in peace.
If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there is salvation in life..... We love him and his hear rendering voice would keep encircles the small world near river Brahamputra for all the time to come..... Bhupen Hazarika, the self proclaimed wanderer, May your soul rest in peace
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was a true genius. For the Assamese generations who were born after the disturbing years Assam went through, Dr. Hazarika's songs and compositions were the medium to know and live the past years. His compositions were created across time and reflected the Assam from the days as a land of gaiety and harvests, then to the Assam in midst of Language Revolution and Assam Agitation to present day post-insurgency hit and resurgent Assam. He had immaculately captured the pain and agony of the masses and yet managed to provide hope and happiness. The master had made the word Assamese a throbbing living culture through his creations. The legendary baritone will always remain irreplaceable and will continue to hum in the heart of every music lover.
Bhupen Hazarika will always remain in the hearts of the people for his unequivocal, remarkable and indelible contribution to the music, films and culture of Indian society. It's disheartening to loose him for Assam as well as India as a Nation and all the lovers of his music and films. May his soul rest in peace. He will always be in our hearts.
A true music legend, for which Assam always be proud of. May his soul rest in peace in heaven.
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