Ranjitha Gopakumaran Nair, the Malayali nurse who tragically lost her life in the Ahmedabad plane crash, was accorded a tearful adieu on Tuesday.

Her mortal remains were placed for public homage at Sree Vivekananda High School and her residence in Pullad, Pathanamthitta. A large number of people, including Ministers V.N. Vasavan and Saji Cherian, gathered to pay their final respects.

Earlier in the day, her body arrived at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport at 7:15 a.m., where Ministers V. Sivankutty and G.R. Anil received the remains on behalf of the State government and offered floral tributes. Several political and social leaders were also present at the airport to pay homage.

The body was then transported to her native village of Pullad in Thiruvalla, accompanied by her brother Ratheesh G. Nair and uncle Unnikrishnan. A steady stream of mourners flowed into Sree Vivekananda High School, where public viewing began at 10 a.m.

Mr. Vasavan offered his respects on behalf of the government and later visited her home to console the grieving family. MP Anto Antony and MLA Mathew T. Thomas were among the dignitaries who paid their last respects.

By afternoon, the body was brought to her residence. Mr. Cherian, along with other local leaders including MLAs K.U. Janish Kumar and Pramod Narayan, visited the home to pay homage. In the evening, amid a sea of mourners, her mortal remains were consigned to flames on a funeral pyre prepared in the family compound.

Ranjitha had been serving as a nursing officer at the Kozhencherry District Hospital before taking leave for a job abroad. She was on her way back to London from Kerala when the flight she boarded tragically crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12. Ranjitha was the sole provider for her mother and two young children.