Dara Singh's body has reached the crematorium and preparations are being made for his last rites at the Pawan Hans crematorium at suburban Vile Parle. Dara Singh was taken off the ventilator yesterday as his last wish was to die at home.


In Dara Singh's ancestral village upon hearing the demise of the great wrestler-actor. Streets in Dharmuchak filled with young and old, sharing their grief and heroics of the man. For the past five days, the residents here were praying for his recovery. "We had been fearing the worst, but we had not lost all hope. We can't believe our 'Hanuman' is not amongst us. This news (that Dara Singh has passed away) looks unreal," Sukhraj, a local resident, said. Singh's nephew Baljit Singh said that they were hopeful that Dara Singh's condition will improve. Now a number of residents are preparing to leave for Mumbai.