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Madras HC adjourns hearing of plea over Karunanidhi's burial site to 8 am

In 2016, AIADMK's charismatic leader J Jayalalithaa was cremated around Anna memorial, a structure built at the beach

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Body of DMK chief M Karunanidhi

T E Narasimhan Chennai
The Madras High Court adjourned the hearing of a plea challenging Tamil Nadu government’s denial of land at Marina beach for the former chief minister M Karunanidhi's burial to 8 am on Wednesday.

Earlier, the Tamil Nadu government had declined on Tuesday opposition DMK’s request for a burial site at Chennai’s Marina Beach for senior politician M Karunanidhi, who died in a private hospital at 94, sparking a controversy that forced a late-night court hearing after tension gripped the state. 

The decision triggered protests by DMK workers, who gathered in large numbers outside Kauvery Hospital where Karunanidhi was undergoing treatment. The state