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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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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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'
In spite of the distance from the screen most watched with rapt attention.
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
Or climbed trees...
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Sainiks strive for final glimpse of 'Balasaheb'
And many parted with their footwear.
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