Pawar's last rites were carried out with full state honours at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati on January 29, where his sons lit the funeral pyre and carried out the final rituals.
The family of the departed leader has turned down an offer of state honours during the funeral of the departed leader to be held on Thursday.
Cutting across party lines, the tallest leader of state politics and the Akali patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who always valued and practised secular credentials, was cremated with full state honours at his native village of Badal in Muktsar district in southwest Punjab.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the death of the veteran leader and declared a three-day state mourning.
Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away late on Tuesday night after suffering a cardiac arrest.
