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A treat for the eyes

— Photos: PTI/Shirish Shete, K. Pichumani

Grand finale: Curtains came down on the 44-day Indian Premier League event with a spectacular closing ceremony at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Bollywood stars, music, laser shows, para-gliding and a stupendous show by the Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil lit up the stadium before the final clash between Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings. The pictures show actor Salman Khan at the event and (right) dancers of different classical genres performing together.

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