She was like a mother, say Kashi’s Arman & Rizwan

Varanasi: Arman Ahmad has organised

Rudhrabhishek

at Kashi Vishwanath temple on January 20 for the well-being of the ailing singing legend Lata Mangeshkar. On Sunday morning, he and his family were in a state of shock after hearing about her demise. “She was like a mother to us, and we called her ‘

Maa

’ whenever we met her in person or spoke to her over phone,” said Arman Ahmad and his brother Rizwan Ahmad, the saree traders of Gauriganj locality here.“I had called her on January 1 and wished New Year and had no inkling then that it would be my last conversation with her,” said Arman.On coming to know about her illness and being put on ventilator, we had arranged a Rudrabhishek at Kashi Vishwanath temple with prayers for her early recovery, he added.
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