Mumbai, Oct 10 (Reporter) The last rites on mortal remains of veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, who was regarded as an idol by many because of his visionary leadership and philanthropic initiatives, were conducted with full state honours at a Central Mumbai crematorium on Thursday evening. The Mumbai Police honoured Tata with a ceremonial gun salute. Family members, including his half-brother Noel Tata, along with top Tata Group executives like chairman N Chandrasekaran, were in attendance at the Worli crematorium. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Ramdas Athavale, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, senior Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde, Bollywood celebrities were among those present at the cremation. The last rites were performed in accordance with Parsi traditions, as confirmed by a priest at the crematorium. India’s top industrialist tycoons including Mukesh Ambani, wife Nita Ambani and their family members, representatives or heads of leading business families like the Piramals, Godrejs, Hindujas, Mahindras, Bajajs, Birlas and more attended and paid homage to the departed star of the country’s business galaxy. Other notables included NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, working president Supriya Sule, Jayant Patil, Jitendra Awhad, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, wife Rashmi, son Aaditya, MP Arvind Sawant, Congress’ ex-CM Prithviraj Chavan, Leader of Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar, state chief Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat, Satej Patil, plus others. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray and his family, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi president Prakash Ambedkar and others also visited or paid glowing tributes to Tata’s memory and his contributions to the country. Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday night at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai at the age of 86. The Chief Minister's Office had also declared a one-day mourning period in wake of Ratan Tata's death, with no state celebrations scheduled for today. All government buildings would fly the national flag at half-mast, and no cultural or entertainment programmes were held...////...