Kareena, Saif pray for Tiger Pataudi

Saif Ali Khan with Kareena Kapoor at the prayer ceremony for his late father Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi in New Delhi this weekend.

The family of the late cricket legend Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, actor Saif Ali Khan, his sisters Saba and Soha, with their mother Sharmila Tagore, was present in New Delhi at a prayer meet held in his memory on Saturday.

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Saif Ali Khan takes part in his father's funeral procession in Pataudi.

Saif Ali Khan at his father's funeral. He said: "I would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes, I would also like to say that he would have been really touched by the support and the wonderful things that the media has said and to thank all his contemporaries and his fellow cricketers who have written such beautiful things in the papers and indeed all his friends who've passed on their wishes to us. As a family we thank you for your support."

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's finest captains, was laid to rest in peace at his ancestoral palace in Pataudi village on Friday according to Islamic rites.

Saif at the Pataudi Palace.

Actress Karisma Kapur arrives for the funeral procession in Pataudi.

Kareena Kapoor along with distraught family members, bid final goodbye to the man who was fondly called 'Tiger'.

Sharmila Tagore and Kareena Kapoor at Pataudi palace. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

Sharmila Tagore.

Sharmila Tagore, Kareena Kapoor, Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan at Pataudi palace.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's son Saif Ali Khan carries his father's body into the Pataudi Palace.

Saif Ali Khan carries the body of his father Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.

Sharmila Tagore, with her son Saif

Kareena Kapoor and Saif at the Pataudi Palace.

Saif with his younger sister Soha Ali Khan.

Funeral procession of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.

Kareena at the Pataudi home in Delhi's Vasant Vihar.

Saif carries the body of his father.

Kareena Kapoor at Pataudi Palace.

The body of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi is carried by his son Saif Ali Khan.

Saif Ali Khan.

Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit at the Pataudi home in the Capital.

Villagers outside the Pataudi Palace.

The funeral procession.

Mourners carrying the body of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi into the Pataudi Palace.

Mourners carrying the body.

Villagers perched on balconies wait to catch a last glimpse of their Nawab.

Former cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's body being taken into the ambulance.

Body being taken into the ambulance.

Saif getting inside the ambulance

The body of Mansur Ali Khan was brought in at the family's Vasant Vihar residence at 6:00 am this morning.

It will be taken to his village of Pataudi around noon, where his last rites will take place.

Suffering from interstitial lung disease, Tiger Pataudi passed away Thursday evening (September 22). He was 70 years old.