Bhutan's King led the government and the Indian Ambassador in offering prayers and a thousand butter lamps for late Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Simtokha Dzong yesterday. The former President of India passed away on August 31.

Mukherjee was well loved across party lines in India as president, during his tenure from 2012 to 2017. In his long career in the government of India, he also served as Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Defence.

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