UNITED COLOURS OF DEMOCRACY

Three generations of a family and groom and brides lining up at polling stations and people reaching in bullock carts and centenarians in wheelchairs to vote.

These were some of the snapshots of the Lok Sabha election's Phase 2 in 88 constituencies in 13 states and Union Territories.

In Bengaluru, long queues were seen outside many restaurants after they offered dosas, laddus, coffee and other food items free of cost or at discounted rates to customers who cast their vote.

A polling booth at Sivni village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker LS seat was decorated like a 'mandap' and displayed traditional marriage rituals.

Decked-up in traditional attires, many brides and grooms reached polling stations in Kanker, Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund LS constituencies to cast their votes.

Women voters reached a booth in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on a bullock cart and playing the 'dholak'.