Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'

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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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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In spite of the distance from the screen most watched with rapt attention.

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They watched from whatever vantage point they could get hold of...

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Or climbed trees...

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And many parted with their footwear.

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