Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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Lakhs gathered at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Sunday evening to watch the funeral of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, mainly via giant television screens.
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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The arrangements for the funeral were shipshape.
And when the guns fired a salute and the police band played, there were moments of pin-drop silence.
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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In spite of the distance from the screen most watched with rapt attention.
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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They watched from whatever vantage point they could get hold of...
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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They climbed onto trucks...
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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And hung onto the sides of buildings...
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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Or climbed trees...
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And many parted with their footwear.
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Photographs: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com
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