Sridevi’s ashes to be immersed in Rameswaram on Saturday

Sridevi was cremated on February 28. She was born in a village in Tamil Nadu and started her career in Tamil films.

An urn carrying the ashes of Bollywood superstar Sridevi was brought to Chennai on Friday by her husband Boney Kapoor for immersion in the sea off Rameswaram.

Sridevi died on February 24 in a Dubai hotel room due to accidental drowning in a bathtub. (AP)

The ashes, brought by Boney in a special aircraft, will be taken to holy island town of Rameswaram on March 3 and immersed in the sea there, airport sources said.

Sridevi, 54, died on February 24 in a Dubai hotel.

The mortal remains of late actress Sridevi on its way to the Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery for cremation in Mumbai on February 28, 2018.

The body of Bollywood icon was flown back to Mumbai on February 27 after Dubai authorities had determined that she had accidentally drowned in her hotel bathtub.

The body of the actor, who was born in a village in Tamil Nadu and started her career in Tamil films, was cremated on February 28.

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