Jayalalitha (Jayalalithaa) funeral ceremony live streaming: Watch the video of Amma's final journey online

The funeral of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (Jayalalithaa), who died at 11:30 p.m. on Monday, 5 December, is held at Marina Beach in Chennai on Tuesday. Her final journey is live streamed online.

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The actress-turned-politician was in the hospital for 73 days and was treated by  specialists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and from London, among others. Jayalalitha was on the recovery path and she had thanked people for their prayers in a press release a few weeks ago, which read, "I have taken a rebirth due to the prayers of the people and my party cadre. What can harm me when I have your love?"

Unfortunately, her condition took an unexpected setback following the cardiac arrest on Sunday, 4 December. The experts attempt to save her life failed to come into fruition. 

"It is with indescribable grief we announce the sad demise of our esteemed honourable chief minister of Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalavi Amma at 11.30pm today (5.12.2016). Our honourable chief minister Selvi J Jayalalitha was admitted on 22.9.2016 with complaints of fever and dehydration and underlying comorbidities. The honourable chief minister subsequently recovered substantially to be able to take food orally," Apollo Hospitals confirmed the death news in a press release

It added, "On this basis honorable chief minister was shifted from the advanced critical care unit to the high dependency unit where her health and vitals continued to improve under the close monitoring by our expert panel of specialists."

"Unfortunately the honourable chief minister suffered a massive cardiac arrest on December, 4 2016, even while our intensivist was in her room. The honourable chief minister was immediately administered resuscitation (CPR) and provided the ECMO support within the hour. ECMO is the most advanced treatment currently available internationally. Every possible clinical attempt was made to sustain her revival. However, despite our best efforts, our honourable chief minister's underlying conditions rendered her unable to recover and she passed away at 11.30pm today (5.12.2016)," the press release stated. 

"Every member of the Apollo Hospitals family, the clinicians, the nursing and paramedical staff have strived hard to provide the highest standards of care to our beloved chief minister. We have worked tirelessly combining the might of the clinical and technological resources at our command with the spirit of healing and compassion that inspires us. We join the nation and the people of Tamil Nadu in deeply mourning her loss," it ended.

Her body is kept at Chennai's Rajaji Hall for public to pay their last respects. The funeral rites will be held at the Dr MGR Memorial Site, Kamarajar Salai, Marina Beach, Chennai.