Hottengada Kasthuri (Chendrimada), wife of late Hottengada Raju Devaiah, passed away at her residence in Devarapura, Thithimathi, Kodagu, last evening following a cardiac arrest. She was 77.

She leaves behind two sons Manu and Praveen, daughter Dechu, daughters-in-law Sindhu and Reshma, son-in-law Nataraj and a host of relatives. Last rites were performed at their estate in Kodagu this afternoon, according to family sources.