Chennai, Dec 28 (Reporter) Floral tributes were paid to DMDK Founder and actor-politician Vijayakanth on his first death anniversary, which was being observed as a Guru Pooja, on Saturday. Leaders of various political parties, including DMDK General Secretary and the late actor's wife Premalatha Vijayakanth paid tributes at his memorial at the Party office at Koyambedu area in the city, where his mortal remains were laid to rest. Thousands of DMDK activists, clad in black shirts, arrived from various parts of Tamil Nadu and thronged the party office to pay their tributes to Vijayakanth on the occasion, resulting in traffic snarls on the arterial road. It was virtually a sea of humanity, as the party workers and general public started arriving right from early in the morning in all possible modes of transport, choking the busy stretch. Meanwhile, police denied permission for the DMDK to take out a silent procession from the Party office to mark the occasion, resulting in jostling between the party cadres and the police personnel, who were deployed in large numbers, prevented them, leading to some tension. Police officials on the spot held talks with Vijayakanth's brother-in-law and Deputy General Secretary L K Sudeesh and also the late actor's son Vijay Prabhakar, to find an amicable solution. However, defying the ban, the DMDK cadres took out a procession following which police detained them. DMDK office-bearer R Parthasarathy said though the party had officially issued a letter seeking permission for the rally, there was no reply and the permission was denied at the last minutes. "Had they rejected our plea, we would have gone to the court and got permission", he said. The DMDK has invited leaders of almost all political parties, including the ruling DMK headed by Chief Minister M K Stalin, allies of the DMK, Opposition AIADMK and other parties, including the BJP, PMK and the TVK of actor Vijay for the occasion...////...