Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra's maternal grandfather Manohar Kishan Akhouri died of brain haemorrhage Wednesday, the actress Thursday tweeted on a social networking site.

"Lost my nana (grandfather)...I'm so far away from home..feeling a bit lost..Will not be around a while. Nana.. I love u, " Priyanka posted on her twitter account.

A veteran Congress worker, Akhbouri, 84, died in a hospital in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and would be cremated Thursday. He was the district Congress president.