Controversy over Manmohan Singh's grave... Know how former US President Jimmy Carter's funeral will take place.

There was a lot of controversy over the samadhi of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Congress questioned whether the last rites of any former PM were performed at Nigam Bodh Ghat. The party says that the last rites should have been performed at the place where the samadhi is. Amidst all this, former US President Jimmy Carter also died. He breathed his last on Sunday. He was the 39th President of America. It is also important to know how his last rites will be performed.

How will the funeral take place?

Jimmy Carter's body will lie in state at the US Capitol in Washington DC from January 7 to January 9. It will be open to the public to pay tribute to Carter. His funeral will take place on January 9. He will be given a farewell with state honors.

A White House official said that President Joe Biden will also address the people at Carter's funeral. He will pay tribute to the former president. There will also be a tribute ceremony for Carter in Atlanta and Washington DC. After this, the funeral will take place in Carter's hometown Plains, Georgia.

Where will he be buried?

Jimmy Carter's funeral procession will end at his ancestral home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he spent his childhood. Last year, Carter's wife Rosalynn was also buried at the same place. The couple had chosen this place for their funeral many years ago.

However, several condolence meetings will be held before Carter's body is taken to his ancestral home for burial with full state honors. In America, the President himself decides the place and manner of his funeral.

Who decides the location?

"Presidents and former presidents are deeply involved in the process of determining the location and manner (of their funerals)," says Matthew Costello, senior historian at the White House Historical Association and co-author of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture. "The decisions they make tell us a great deal about who they are, how they view the presidency, and how they want to be remembered by the American people."

Nobel Peace Prize winner and 39th US President Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. He is the longest-living US President after his term ended, at 43 years.

Carter was the third American leader to visit India. During his visit to India, a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour. Most of the US presidents are buried in the Capitol (Parliament complex). A tribute service is usually held in their memory at the Washington National Cathedral.