After the singer's son S P Charan performed the funeral rites amid Vedic chants by priests, 24 police personnel gave a gun salute and later the body was lowered into a deep pit and buried.
The 71-year-old singer who was hospitalised earlier this month after testing positive for COVID-19, is currently being treated for the infection at MGM Healthcare in Chennai.
As his health condition worsened on the night of August 13, several celebrities including AR Rahman, Shekhar Kapur, Dhanush and others took to Twitter to pray for his speedy recovery.