Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla were among the various leaders present at the 'bhog' ceremony of former CM Parkash Singh Badal here on Thursday.

Badal passed away at 95 on April 25.

Thousands gathered to pay their last respects to the SAD patriarch at a school named after his mother Jaswant Kaur at Badal village.

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala and Sachin Pilot were among those present.

Religious leaders, including Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh, Dera Radha Soami Satsang Beas head Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon, and SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, also paid tributes to Badal.