Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The final journey

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, other leaders and general public participate in the last journey of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as his mortal remains are taken for cremation to Smriti Sthal, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing white, follows the hearse carrying the body of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the funeral procession moves towards the cremation site in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Mourners line a street as the hearse carrying the body of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee moves towards the cremation site in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left wearing white, and Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah follow the hearse carrying the body of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as they move towards the cremation site in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Mourners walks along the mortal remains of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (Photo: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others walk towards Rashtriya Smriti Sthal during the funeral procession of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, family members, relatives and others attend the funeral procession of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as his mortal remains are taken for cremation to Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Namita Bhattacharya, center, foster daughter of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and her daughter Niharika Bhattacharya pay their last respects as cremation Vajpayee is cremated on the banks of the River Yamuna in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)