The cremation of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) owner VG Siddhartha will take place at his father's estate in Karnataka's Chikmagalur, his close aide Sringeri legislator T D Rajegowda said. "The family members have all decided that cremation will take place at his father's estate in Belur taluk," said Mr Rajegowda.

His body was brought to the estate from Mangaluru in a flower-decked cortege in a glass-cased coffin after the autopsy at a state-run hospital. Hundreds of people, including women and elders from the surrounding towns and villages, thronged the estate in the Mudigeree taluk for the last glimpse of the coffee baron and to pay homage to him.

The cremation of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) owner VG Siddhartha will take place at his father's estate in Karnataka's Chikmagalur, his close aide Sringeri legislator T D Rajegowda said. "The family members have all decided that cremation will take place at his father's estate in Belur taluk," said Mr Rajegowda.

His body was brought to the estate from Mangaluru in a flower-decked cortege in a glass-cased coffin after the autopsy at a state-run hospital. Hundreds of people, including women and elders from the surrounding towns and villages, thronged the estate in the Mudigeree taluk for the last glimpse of the coffee baron and to pay homage to him.