Dozens of members of London’s Indian community gathered at a Hindu temple in Harrow to mourn family members, friends and neighbours who died when an Air India passenger plane bound for London Gatwick crashed within minutes of take-off.
Just one of the 242 people on board Flight AI171 survived as the plane struck a medical college in Ahmedabad, killing people near the building, on Thursday, and questions still remain about what caused the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash.
In total, the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad received 270 bodies, Dr Dhaval Gameti told the Associated Press.
Dozens gathered at a vigil in Harrow on Saturday to remember the victims, and many became visibly emotional after learning that two young girls had been orphaned by the disaster.
Faith leaders from the Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities led the service at the Siddhashram Shakti Centre in Harrow, north-west London, where 20 of the victims are thought to have previously worshipped.
Harrow mayor Anjana Patel, who lost a family member in the crash, said that two young girls had lost their father in the crash, just weeks after their mother died from cancer.
Their father, Arjun Patoliya, had flown to Gujarat to scatter the ashes of his wife, Bharti.
He was returning home to his daughters, aged four and eight, when the plane went down.
“The saddest incident we have got here in Harrow is one parent had already died here because of cancer,” Ms Patel said, as the crowd audibly gasped.
“The husband went to do the rituals in India and coming back, he was on board. He has left two little girls behind and the girls are now orphans.
“I really hope that those girls will be looked after by all of us.”
Rajrajeshwar Guruji, head of the Siddhashram Hindu temple in Harrow, likened the grief of those who lost family members in the crash of the London-bound flight to the wait for a loved one's return from an endless journey.
"They're just waiting and waiting, now they are not going to come back again," he said in an interview.
Guruji, who comes from the state of Gujarat where the plane crashed, said the temple had helped family members in Britain get information about their loved ones.
"Some of the members ... I have spoken to them, and ... they don't have the words," he said. "They are in shock."
Britain has one of the largest Indian communities outside India, with nearly 1.69 million people - or 3.1% of the population - identifying as ethnically Indian.
"We believe that everyone who is born has to go one day. But I hope nobody goes the way these ... passengers, as well as the medical students, have gone," Ms Patel later told Reuters.
Patel explained that the council was offering grief counselling. "We just cannot bear how people must be feeling," she said.
Jyotsna Shukla, 66, said her son's childhood friend was on the plane along with his wife and three children.
"I feel very bad because he was so young," she said, before breaking down into tears.
Among those killed was Vijay Rupani, a former chief minister of Gujarat, who had visited the temple.
Also onboard was Inayatali Saiyedmiya Saiyed, 48, and his family travelled from Wembley to Ahmedabad for Eid celebrations.
Engineer Mr Saiyed was on board with wife Nafisa, 46, daughter Taskin, 25, a doctor, and son Waquee Ali, 22, who was in his final year of studying computer science at City University in London.
Javed Ali Syed, his wife Mariam, son Zayn and daughter Amani, four, were also on the tragic flight. Mr Syed was general manager of the Best Western Hotel in Olympia and is wife worked for Burberry at Harrods.
An IT programmer, his wife and two children from north west London sent family a selfie moments before boarding and are now feared dead.
Sayedmiya Inayatali, 48, had been visiting his 90-year-old mother with Nafisabanu, 46, a gaming products worker son Waqueeali, 25, and aspiring doctor daughter Taskin, 22.
