A large crowd, along with AIADMK cadres, thronged Apollo hospital praying for the speedy recovery of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, fondly called 'Amma' (mother) by her supporters, after she suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening.

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Anxious AIADMK cadres stayed put outside the hospital, which has been covered in a thick blanket of security. Worried party supporters continued to pray for her recovery.

Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, who is also the Governor of Maharashtra, airdashed to the city from Mumbai and visited Apollo Hospital.

President Pranab Mukherjee, DMK leader M Karunanidhi, his son and opposition leader K Stalin, Union Ministers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Chief Ministers and a host of leaders have expressed concern over Jayalalithaa's health condition and wished her speedy recovery.

"I wish Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa completely recovers soon,"  M Karunanidhi said in a tweet.

DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Opposition Leader M K Stalin said, "I desire that the intensive treatment being given to the Chief Minister yields fruit and that she recovers soon."