Thousands gathered to bid farewell to the People's President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who was buried with full state honoursat a public ground in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram town where he was born. At the Pei Karumbu ground, Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted Dr Kalam's body which was wrapped in the Indian Tricolour, before the last rites. The PM then walked around Dr Kalam's body hands folded.