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To feed people in big numbers = at Puneet=20 Farms was an ardent wish of Rajkumar.

It was = realised at a=20 remembrance day function held on the occasion of his 11th = day=20 obsequies=E2=80=99 ceremony on Saturday.

Close to = 10,000 people =E2=80=93=20 including Rajkumar=E2=80=99s family members, relatives, = friends, industry=20 colleagues and his fans from the surrounding villages = =E2=80=93 participated=20 in the ceremony on the 15-acre lush green farm on Mysore = Road.

The obsequies=20 culminated in a mass feeding programme. Wife Parvathamma, = children=20 and Raj=E2=80=99s younger sister Nagamma offered arathi to a = portrait of=20 Rajkumar resting on a bed of flowers.

Over 1,000 = policemen=20 including KSRP and District Armed Reserve (DAR) platoons, = fire=20 brigade personnel, ambulances and emergency services made = the=20 offering to the departed soul incident-free and peaceful.=20

Those closely associated with Rajkumar=E2=80=99s = family narrated=20 anecdotes about his eagerness to ensure that all the 24 = workers of=20 the household ate in silver plates.

One of them = recalled how=20 Raj washed his own clothes till the end. The narrations were = interrupted with sobs.

Inside the farm, = Rajkumar=E2=80=99s mother=20 and younger brother are buried beside each other. Special = flower=20 offerings were also made in a room adorned with the pictures = of=20 Raj=E2=80=99s parents.

Kannada film industry people = including=20 Jayanti, Shruti, Rajendra Singh Babu, Vijay Raghavendra, = Mamata Rao,=20 Rockline Venkatesh, Devaraj, Anu Prabhakar, Sunder Raj and = Kumar and=20 Madhu Bangarappa among others attended the ceremony. =

Earlier=20 in the day, actress Jayaprada who co-starred with Rajkumar = in his=20 last movie Shabdavedhi, met Raj family members at his = residence in=20 Sadashivnagar here and offered her condolences.

At = an=20 informal press conference held at the farm, eldest son = Shivarajkumar=20 said a cheque of Rs 50,000 each will be given to the family = members=20 of the eight persons who were killed in the violence that = erupted=20 after Rajkumar=E2=80=99s death. Second son Raghavendra spoke = of the Rajkumar=20 Trust and Shaktidhama voluntary organisation, which will = continue to=20 do focused work in the name of Rajkumar. =E2=80=9CWe will = set aside 40 per=20 cent of our time for constructive work like educating the = poor, in=20 the name of our father,=E2=80=9D he added. =

Rajkumar=E2=80=99s three sons=20 also said they would give a week=E2=80=99s time for the = release of new=20 Kannada releases of other producers that were put on hold on = account=20 of the actor=E2=80=99s death. =E2=80=9COnly after that will = we release our own=20 films,=E2=80=9D Shivrajkumar added.

Raghavendra said = the family will=20 discuss with the government and industry colleagues on the = ever=20 lasting contribution that can be made with Raj=E2=80=99s = memorabilia.=20

Raghavendra also recalled how every year on his = birthday,=20 April 24, Rajkumar would come out on the balcony of his = residence to=20 wave at his fans. =E2=80=9CThis year we will keep a = photograph of his at the=20 gate and serve sweets to those who visit us, appaji would = have loved=20 it,=E2=80=9D he added.

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