BJP legislator and Goa's former Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza was laid to rest with full state honours today at his hometown Mapusa.
Mr D'Souza, 64, had died on February 14 after a prolonged illness.
The mortal remains of the BJP leader were kept at his private residence in Mapusa, around 9 km from here, for the last two days during which thousands of people paid homage to their beloved leader.
Mr D'Souza's body, wrapped in the tricolour, was carried from his residence to St Jerome Church in the town in a decorated truck.
A funeral mass was conducted at the church in the presence of hundreds of people, including Archbishop of Goa and Daman Fr Filipe Neri Ferrao and senior leaders. 
Paying tribute to his father, the late BJP leader's son Joshua D'Souza termed him as a "man of the people who was always eager to help those who approached him".
State BJP president Vinay Tendulkar, in his address during the mass, recalled how Mr D'Souza helped him during his tenure as an MLA.