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Kangna dazzles at India Day parade

Last updated on: August 15, 2011 14:18 IST

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

Actress Kangna Ranaut was the special guest at the India Day parade at New Jersey on Sunday.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

Hundreds of Indians donned patriotic colours as they gathered to celebrate the 65th year of freedom of their homeland. They waved the tricolour and sang patriotic songs with fervour.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

Kangna braved the incessant rain and waved continuously at the hundreds of Indians who had gathered for the parade.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

Other Bollywood celebrities who have earlier graced the occasion include Shilpa Shetty and Mallika Sherawat.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

The colourful, bustling parade is held every year to mark India's Independence Day.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

The parade was organised by the Indian Business Association of New Jersey.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

The parade also witnessed participation by supporters of activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

Nearly 150 volunteers from India Against Corruption walked in support of Hazare's Lokpal Bill.

Photographs: Paresh Gandhi

Wearing 'Anna caps', the volunteers shouted slogans and waved placards carrying messages of solidarity for Hazare like I am Anna and It is not one Anna.