People paid their last respect to Raza who had wished to be buried in this tribal-dominated district where he once lived.
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The last rites will be conducted in Mandala in Madhya Pradesh, according to his wishes.
In an interview to HarmonyIndia.org, the artist, who had famously said that he lived to paint and painted to live, spoke of what the 'bindu' meant to him, about his friend M F Husain and the legacy that he will leave behind.
'Raza exemplified a sense of warmth and a connectedness to his roots and to Indian earth.'
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