Lakhs of people gathered at Sena Bhavan, the headquarters of the Shiv Sena, where the cortege of party supremo Bal Thackeray, made a halt before it headed to Shivaji Park for the final rites.

Only family and senior Sena leaders were allowed entry inside the building where the body was kept for 30 minutes.

Rediff.com brings you the scene from outside the Dadar building.

Click NEXT for more photos...

Uddhav Thackeray, his wife Rashmi, son Tejas and Bal Thackeray's personal attendant Champasingh Thapa are seen next to the hearse as the funeral procession reaches Sena Bhavan.

People occupy an under-construction building to get a glimps of Bal Thackeray.

In a spontaneous outpouring of grief, a sea of humanity, unprecedented in recent memory, descended on the streets leading from Matoshree, Thackeray's Bandra home, to Shivaji Park.

Loud roars of Parat ya parat ya Balasaheb parat ya (Come back, come back, Balasaheb come back), Kon ala re, kon ala Shiv Senecha wagh ala (Who has come, who has come, Shiv Sena's tiger has come) and Balasaheb amar rahe (long live Balasaheb) were heard outside the party headquarters.

Thackeray's support wait outside Sena Bhavan, where his body was kept for 30 minutes.

A Shiv Sena worker sporting a tee-shirt with a photograph of Bal Thackeray is seen outside Sena Bhavan.

Shiv Sainiks gather outside the party headquarters in Dadar.

Supporters of Bal Thackeray wait to get a glimps of their leader during his last journey from Matoshree to Shivaji Park.