A woman puts flowers on Jacintha Saldanha's coffin during her funeral in Shirva, about 32 miles north of Mangalore
Indian policemen try to control the crowd as relatives carry the coffin containing the body of nurse Jacintha Saldanha for burial at her hometown Shirva
Relatives carry the coffin containing the body of Ms Saldanha for burial at her hometown Shirva
Jacintha Saldanha's widower Ben Barboza (centre) and her children Lisha (left) and Junal (right) stand next to her coffin
Relatives and friends gather during the burial of nurse Ms Saldanha at her hometown Shirva
Ben Barboza (fifth left), of Jacintha, son Junal (sixth left), and daughter Lisha Saldanha (fourth left) join with Carmine (centre), in wheelchair, mother of Jacintha Saldhana
Ben Barboza (centre), Junal Saldanha (right), and daughter Lisha Saldanha (centre left), during her burial near Mangalore, India
Ben Barboza (centre) holds his son Junal (right) and daughter Lisha (left) during the burial of Jacintha Saldanha at her hometown Shirva, near Mangalore, India
Children of Jacintha Saldanha - daughter Lisha (left) and son Junal (right) - are consoled by their father Ben Barbosa (centre) during their mother's funeral at The Shirve Church cemetery near Mangalore
Family members of Jacintha Saldanha weep as they attend her burial, following a memorial service attended by some 4,000 mourners
A casket containing the body of Ms Saldanha is shifted in a tractor trolley after it arrived at the airport
A coffin containing the body of Ms Saldanha is loaded onto an ambulance at the airport in Mangalore
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FRIENDS and family of tragic hoax nurse Jacintha Saldanha paid tribute to her at her funeral at a church in southern India.
Her husband Benedict Barboza, daughter Lisha, 14, and 16-year-old son Junal were joined by hundreds of mourners for the simple ceremony in Shirva, south west India.
Crowds lined the roads close to the Catholic church where the service was held and prayers were said at the graveside.
Extra police had been drafted in as up to 5,000 mourners were expected.
The family were mobbed by crowds amid tearful scenes when they arrived in India with the coffin yesterday.
Wrapped in sackcloth, it was towed by a tractor through the streets after arriving from the UK.
It was then loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital.
Jacintha, 46, killed herself after taking a hoax call by two Aussie DJs. The pranksters, pretending to be royals inquiring after the Duchess of Cambridge, were blamed in a note by Jacintha, it was claimed.
The Indian-born nurse’s death near London’s King Edward VII hospital on December 7 sparked protests in her home country.
Students demonstrated at the British High Commission in New Delhi on Saturday, claiming she was “harassed”.
Her children described the “unfillable void” in their lives during a mass at Westminster Cathedral at the weekend. An inquest into her death has been adjourned until March.
Images via Mail Online
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