Last month, former Jamaat leader Abul Kalam Azad was sentenced to death in absentia.

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President APJ Abdul Kalam sent a message of condolence to Mr Dutt's family.

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Mr Kalam has ruled himself out, leaving Ms Banerjee with no credible candidate.

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Abdul Kalam, became the nation's figurehead president in 2002 to 2007.

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Mudiyettu performers purify themselves through fasting and prayer, then draw a huge image of goddess Kali, called as kalam, on the temple floor with coloured powders, wherein the spirit of the goddess is invoked.

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