A state funeral will be accorded to eminent cartoonist R K Laxman, who died at the age of 94 after suffering multi-organ failure, officials said.

A worker of Symbiosis, Pune cleans the statute of R. K. Laxman. His final journey – from Symbiosis to Vaikunth Dham – is being held amid the presence of artists, filmmaker and politics, who have come from across Maharashtra. Pic/ Sameer Markande