A number of celebrities from the worlds of business, politics witnessed Bal Thackeray's cremation. Among the dignitaries were senior BJP leaders including LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj... Also present were Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, NCP leader Sharad Pawar. Amitabh Bachchan, his son Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan and industrialist Rahul Bajaj. Lakhs of Sena supporters looked on as the mortal remains of Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray were consigned to the flames at the Shivaji Park today. Amid the chanting of Sanskrit Shlokas the entire Thackeray clan stood by Balasaheb's son Uddhav Thackeray who lit the funeral pyre.

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