Guwahati ( Assam ) [India], October 20 (ANI): People of Supermarket area in Guwahati on Monday celebrated Diwali by lighting diyas and paying tributes to singer Zubeen Garg. Many organisers in Assam dedicated this year's Kali Puja and Diwali to the noted singer who drowned in Singapore on September 19, a day before he was supposed to perform at the Northeast India Festival.

His mortal remains were first flown to Delhi and later brought to Guwahati on September 21.

Even though the people of Assam took part in the festivities, the marketplaces mostly witnessed a modes turnout of shoppers. The celebrations remained warm yet restrained, as the state continued to mourn the untimely demise of their cultural icon Zubeen Garg.

One of the customers spoke how the crowd in the mar

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