Madikeri: District Pays Final Respects to Lt Col Vishranth Nanjappa


Madikeri, Apr 25 (Shakthi Daily, with Inputs from TNN): A native of Kodagu, Lt Col Chowrira Vishranth Nanjappa, (36 ) who died in a chopper crash at Sikkim on April 21 was cremated with full military honour in his native village at Hoddur near here on Monday April 25.

Four Army personnel were killed in Dhruv helicopter crash in north Sikkim near the Sino-India border and one of them was Nanjappa. Wreckage of the advanced light helicopter, which had gone missing on Thursday April 21, was traced in the Shiv Mandir area on Friday April 22. The bodies of two pilots and two soldiers were found at the spot, the army sources said.

The helicopter had taken off along with another Dhruv around 9.30 am from the Sewak road base in Siliguri on a routine sortie, but it lost contact with the control room around 11.30 am. The chopper was flying above 15,000 feet near the Yumisamdong area where it is snowing heavily now. However, the wreckage and the bodies were found on Friday morning.

His dead body was received by speaker K G Bopaiah, MLA Appachu Ranjan, the district officials and the citizens in Madikeri. The body was then kept in Hoddur school premises for public view.

The cremation took place in the Chowrira family burial ground. The army fired three rounds in the air as a mark of respect. The army aviation captain Mridul Kumar, Madras regiment majors Ravi and Rajesh Bharadwaj were present.

Vishranth Nanjappa is survived by his father Chowrira Nanaiah, a retired banker, mother Kanthi, his wife Nayana and one-year-old daughter Neha. They were in shock and grief. The villagers paid their last respect to the martyr.

  

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  • Mukkatira Shalini Ponnappa, Coorg,Doddapulicote

    Wed, Apr 27 2011

    Sympathies. God bless your family & May ur soul rest in peace.

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  • Chengappa Kumbera, Bittangala

    Wed, Apr 27 2011

    Sad to hear the loss of young soldier .... May your soul rest in peace. My heartfelt condolences to the greving family.

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  • Chetan Vijay Mekerira, Bangalore

    Tue, Apr 26 2011

    Lt Col Vishranth Nanjappa death came as a shock for me. He happens to be my Bava. I had the pleasure of interacting with him a few time and his style of talking was class apart. Apart from his Army life he was a great human being, a lovable father and a great husband. I will pray to God to bless my sister Nayana and their daughter Neha with courage & strength to help them overcome this huge loss. Lt Col Vishranth Nanjappa is an inspiration for the youth of this country and will go down the history books as a brave soldier. I will always be proud of you Bava. May God Bless Your Soul & RIP.

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  • Rachana Mallengada, Coorg

    Tue, Apr 26 2011

    Vishranth Anna, We miss u..God bless your family and May ur soul rest in peace..

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  • Ashish Jaiswal, New Delhi

    Tue, Apr 26 2011

    I still cannot believe this has happened to a friend who was the most lovable and full of life person that I had known since school.Wonderful human being and a super skilled pilot whose rise has been meteoric in his field of work.He was very passionate about flying and it is so so sad that he has been snatched away from us like this.I have know the whole family since our school days and they have been very brave and have shown exemplary courage under this moment of grief.

    We recall those few moments that we have spend with him with so much fondness, can well imagine what the family has had to go through.

    A great family man, the whole house used to be so cheerful and full of fun whenever he was back home for a vacation or a short visit. Mostly he would not tell them when he was coming and would mostly ring the bell to give the family a surprise.

    Hats off "Nanju" - u'r irreplacable. We'll always miss u.......

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  • Aakash Ganapathy Mukkatira, Kodagu

    Mon, Apr 25 2011

    Very tearful after looking at the 1 yr old daughter who doesnt know anything that happened...We salute you Lt Col.You are too brave and always will remain in the Hearts of the people of Coorg for ur sacrifice...You are immortal.

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  • Ashok Fernandes, Mudarangady/ Abu Dhabi

    Mon, Apr 25 2011

    t is a sad news, we lost a brave soldier, I salute the brave young soldier, May his soul rest in peace,heart fealt condolence to the brave family

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