Veteran singer Asha Bhosle was given a final farewell with state honors at Shivanji Park crematorium in Mumbai on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 5:18 pm. His son Anand Bhosle lit the pyre. This great singer of Indian music died at the age of 92. Asha Bhosle breathed her last at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday evening due to chest infection and fatigue, where he died due to multiple organ failure on Sunday.
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On Sunday evening, Asha Tai’s mortal remains were taken to her Mumbai residence, where celebrities including Ranveer Singh, Javed Akhtar, Vidya Balan and politicians like Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis paid their last respects. Additionally, the family also kept the mortal remains of the singer on Monday (April 13) at 11:00 AM at her residence, Casa Grande in Lower Parel, for the last rites. Later on Monday afternoon, the veteran singer was taken to the cremation ground.
Thousands of people gathered at the last journey of Asha Bhosle. As the mortal remains were taken from Lower Parel to Shivaji Park, people were bidding tearful farewell to ‘Asha Tai’ from the rooftops and windows of their houses, and hundreds of people were walking along with the vehicle carrying the ‘lifeless body’ of the great singer. The vehicle carrying the mortal remains was decorated with Asha’s favorite white and yellow flowers, with a large photograph of the legendary singer wearing a red sari, a bindi and the traditional nose ring of Maharashtra.
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Shivaji Park is the same place where Asha Bhosle’s elder sister and music queen Lata Mangeshkar was cremated in February 2022. He also died on Sunday at the age of 92. Earlier, Bhosale’s mortal remains were kept at his residence in a glass coffin, draped in the tricolour, for the last darshan. During this, his evergreen songs – ‘Aao Huzoor Tumko’, ‘Aaiye Meherbaan’, ‘Jhumka Gira Re’, ‘Dil Cheez Kya Hai’, ‘O Sathi Re’ and ‘Yai Re Yai Re’ were playing in a low voice in the background. In a way, this is a reminder that the singer may not be among us, but her songs will always be immortal. During this, Bhosale’s son Anand and granddaughter Zanai and other family members were also present. His singer sister Usha Mangeshkar and brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar were also present.