World’s oldest marathoner, Fauja Singh, who recently passed away at the age of 114, was cremated with full state honours in his native village, Beas Pind, near Jalandhar on Sunday afternoon. Hundreds gathered at the site to pay their final respects to the legendary athlete. He had died in a hit-and-run case on Monday.

The tragic incident took place near Beas village on the Jalandhar-Pathankot Highway, when Fauja Singh was walking toward his farmland and dhaba. He was rushed to the hospital but died after three hours of treatment.

Earlier, Singh’s body was kept in a glass casket at his residence in the village, with his photograph beside it, where people paid their tributes. Around noon, it was carried to the cremation ground located outside the village.