Padma Shri Award winner Sulagitti Narasamma was laid to rest with state honours at Gangasandra in Tumakuru on Wednesday evening.

Sulagitti Narasamma, 97, a native of Krishnapura in Pavagada taluk of Tumakuru district had conducted thousands of deliveries as a midwife free of cost in the rural areas of Pavagada taluk.

She passed away at BGS hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

The body was kept at Glass House in Tumakuru for the public to pay tributes. Several Ministers and former Ministers paid their respects to the departed soul.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Staff Reporter / Tumakaru – December 26th, 2018