Celebrities Pay Their Condolences to Jayalalithaa

Just a little before the clock struck Midnight on the night of 5th December 2016, around 11.30 P.M., came the sad news of the demise of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaraman Jayalalithaa. The news shocked the State and Country, with many up until the wee hours of the next day expressing their distress about her death.

Common people and celebrities alike, tweeted united by the grief that this great ‘Iron Lady’ had fallen. It is seldom that we see such powerful women are born in a nation such as ours. Ms. Jayalalithaa was one of them, a dynamic persona who garnered devotees rather than followers. Indeed, the whole state and her ardent admirers have come to tears on this sad occasion.

Here are some of the condolence messages tweeted by socialites, celebrities and politicians who paid their respects to the ‘Amma’ of Tamil Nadu.

The iron might have rusted away in the rigors of life and death but the spirit of Jayalalithaa lives on.