Industry titan Ratan Tata was given a ceremonial guard of honour by the Mumbai Police after his mortal remains were brought to a crematorium in Worli for final rites on Thursday evening, reported the PTI.

Mumbai: The last rites of Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Group, was conducted on Thursday at the Worli municipal crematorium where the Parsis have built a prayer hall.

Ratan Tata had been a prominent figure not just in the business world but also within the Parsi community. His last rites will be performed at Worli Crematorium

The mortal remains embarked on its final journey to the Prayer Hall at the Worli Crematorium, Dr E Moses Road, Worli for the final rites

E Moses Marg from Worli Naka to Rakangi Junction will be closed to all but funeral vehicles, according to the Mumbai traffic police.

Last rites of Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman, will be held at Mumbai's Worli crematorium on October 10 after 4 pm. He passed away on October 9 late night. On October 10, people were seen paying last respects to Ratan Tata at NCPA lawns in Mumbai.

Ratan Tata's funeral will be performed in Hindu customs despite being a Parsi. The rules of funeral in the Parsi community are quite different. The Parsi community, which came to India from Persia (Iran) thousands of years ago,

Parsis do not cremate or bury their loved ones, unlike Hindus and Muslims, and they consider a human body as a gift of nature, which has to be returned.