Long queue of the devotees was heading towards 'Sanskriti Bhawan', a building inside the sprawling premises of the headquarter, where the monk's body was laid for the public to pay their last respect.
Besides them, VIPs were also seen at the Belur Math, the gates of which remained open since last night.
Howrah District Magistrate Chaitali Chakraborty placed a wreath on the monk's body on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who considered him as his 'guru'.
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, West Bengal ministers Rajib Banerjee, Arup Roy, Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, Trinamool Congress MP Prasun Banerjee, BJP leader Locket Chatterjee and other prominent personalities also paid their last respect to the monk.
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The pyre has already been made beside the river Hooghly inside the temple complex for his mortal remains to be consigned to flames at 9.30 PM.
A tight security arrangement has been made by the police in view of the gathering of thousands of devotees in the complex.
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