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Pics: Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

The funeral, which took place at the Banganga Crematorium in Worli, was attended by his family and several Bollywood celebs.

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Leaving behind heaps of beloved memories, iconic actor Vinod Khanna breathed his last on Thursday at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital Mumbai. The funeral, which took place at the Banganga Crematorium in Worli, was attended by his family and several Bollywood celebs.

Wife Kavita and sons Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna mourned the loss of the legend.

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

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Mourning the loss of the legendary actor,a number of prominent B-town celebrities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Kabir Bedi attended the funeral.

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Vinod Khanna was married twice and is survived by his four children - sons Akshaye, Rahul, Sakhsi and daughter Shraddha.

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

The actor joined politics in 1997. He got elected from Gurdaspur on a BJP ticket in the next year's Lok Sabha poll. And during the time of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government he became Union minister for culture and tourism in 2002.

Sons Akshaye, Rahul and B-town celebs attend Vinod Khanna’s funeral

Later, he became a minister of state in the Ministry of External Affairs. Khanna lost the 2009 election, but was elected again from Gurdaspur in 2014. Vinod Khanna had been MP four times on BJP ticket.