Patiala, January 30 - A prayer meeting and turban ceremony was held at the local SDKS Bhawan for the peace of the soul of Sri Ram Ji Das (83), father of Patiala's renowned structural engineer Sri Rishi Garg, who passed away recently. A large number of representatives from every section of the society participated in this obituary ceremony And offered flowers of his devotion to the departed soul. Among the personalities who were present on this occasion and shared their grief with Shri Rishi Garg and his family were Shri Pawan, Vice President of Shri Aurobindo Society (12 Hindi speaking states of the country), Engineer Paramjit Goyal, Akali leader and Patiala Municipal Corporation. Former mayor Amarinder Singh Bajaj, Harpal Juneja, BJP leader and former mayor Sanjiv Sharma Bittu, popular social worker Bhagwan Das Juneja, Akali leader Shakku Grover, besides Vijay Kapoor, Pawan Gupta, Rakesh Gupta, Harish Singla and Musa Khan were present. Apart from Punjab Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh and Punjab Youth Congress President Mohit Mahindra, a large number of various community, commercial, cultural, social and political organizations expressed their grief with Mr. Rishi Garg by sending condolence messages.