In Pictures: State funeral for former president S R Nathan

A ceremonial gun carriage carried the casket of the late former president S R Nathan from Parliament House to the University Cultural Centre (UCC) for the state funeral on Friday (Aug 26). Its route included landmarks of significance to the late Mr Nathan, such as City Hall, Fullerton Hotel and NTUC Centre.

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August 26, 2016 at 6:27 PM
The family of former president S R Nathan look on as the coffin bearer party takes his casket onto the ceremonial gun carriage at Parliament House on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
The pallbearers standing to attention as the casket of the late former president S R Nathan is placed on the gun carriage on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
The wife of the late S R Nathan waving farewell to Halimah Yacob after watching the cortege leaving the Parliament House at the start of the state funeral procession for the former president on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
The state funeral procession of former president S R Nathan leaves Parliament House at 2pm on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
The state funeral procession of former president S R Nathan leaves Parliament House at 2pm on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
People look on as the state funeral procession of the late Mr SR Nathan passes by St Andrew's Road on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
The gun carriage carrying the casket of the late former president S R Nathan moving past City Hall, on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
The state funeral procession of the late Mr S R Nathan passing One Fullerton on its way to the University Cultural Centre on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
The state funeral procession of the late Mr S R Nathan travelling through 34 Upper Cross Street, before turning into Havelock Road on Aug 26, 2016. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
People gathering along Upper Cross Street to pay their final respects to the late former president S R Nathan on Aug 26, 2016. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
NTUC staff gather along Collyer Quay to pay their last respects to Mr S R Nathan as the cortege passes by the NTUC Centre on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The state funeral procession of former president S R Nathan makes its way to University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
The portrait of the late former president S R Nathan being brought into the University Cultural Centre on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
People attending the state funeral of the late president S R Nathan at the University Cultural Centre on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
PM Lee Hsien Loong delivering his eulogy, at the state funeral for former president S R Nathan, at University Cultural Centre on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Mrs Urmila Nathan, seated next to Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife Mary, cries during the state funeral for her husband, the late former president S R Nathan, at the University Cultural Centre, on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
The pallbearers saluting as they prepare to carry the coffin of the late former president S R Nathan out of the University Cultural Centre on Aug 26, 2016. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

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