Last Updated:February 07, 2026, 14:49 IST Ajit Pawar’s last rites were held with full state honours on January 29 at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati. Ajit Pawar’s ashes were immersed in the sea of Agni Theertha in Rameswaram. (ANI) Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was bid farewell by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers on Saturday, and performed the immersion of his ashes at Agni Theertham in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram. Pawar’s last rites were held with full state honours on January 29 at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati, where his sons lit the funeral pyre and conducted the final rituals. The funeral saw the attendance of several prominent leaders and dignitaries, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, and actor Riteish Deshmukh, who paid their last respects to the late leader. Earlier in the day, Ajit Pawar’s mortal remains were brought to the Vidya Pratishthan ground for the last rites with full state honours. Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra Pawar, and sons, …