In a viral Facebook video on Wednesday, the Vinayakan had asked "who is this Oommen Chandy?" and "why three days' mourning had been declared in the state on his demise."
It was like Oommen Chandy was for Puthuppally and Puthuppally was for Oommen Chandy. Almost every Sunday, he would travel there from Thiruvananthapuram for the early morning mass at St George Orthodox Church and then attend to people of his constituency.
Chandy’s family on Wednesday informed the state government about his last wish that his funeral should be held without any state honours. The government, in turn, accepted it.