Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died at 11:30 pm on Monday after being in a Chennai hospital for nearly three months. The AIADMK chief, who was 68, suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday, hours after her party said doctors had declared her fully recovered.
Here are five rare pictures of Ms Jayalalithaa, one of the most powerful women politicians the country has seen.
Jayalalithaa with EV Ramaswamy, also called Thanthai Periyar, founder of Dravidar Kazhagam, which later split into two major power houses of Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu - DMK and AIADMK.
Jayalalithaa seen with her mother Sandhya and co-stars Gemini Ganesan, Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, Padmini and then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K Kamaraj.
