Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party leaders Akhilesh Yadav and RJD's Tejashwi Yadav have paid their rich tributes to DMK Chief M Karunanidhi, who died on Tuesday evening at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mukul Wasnik have also paid their tributes to Kalaignar. Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav in his condolence speech said that Karunanidhi struggled since he was 14 and he was a true leader. DMK party sources said that the funeral procession of Karunanidhi will start at 4 p.m and he will be laid to rest at the Marina beach near the Anna memorial in Chennai.