Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is the longest-running Indian sitcom and tops everyone’s list of favorite daily soaps. Ghanshyam Nayak has been playing the role of Nattu Kaka in the show since the very beginning from the year 2008. And the character has not just stayed with everyone but has also found its own following over the years. The 76-year-old actor passed away on Sunday after battling cancer.

The actor was cremated earlier this morning and his co-stars from the show Dilip Joshi, Bhavya Kumar, Munmun Dutta, Samay Shah, and creator Asit Modi had arrived to pay their last respects to the late actor. Take a look:

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Tanmay Vekaria who plays the role of Bagga in the show had revealed in an interview with a leading daily, “He was in a lot of pain since the last 2-3 months and I feel now he is in a better place. I would often speak to his son and he would tell me that he was in immense pain and had become cranky because of it. He was not able to gulp, eat or even drink water.”