Madonna does India

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Madonna does India

Madonna and her husband, director Guy Ritchie, toured Mumbai during a recent visit to India.

Locals look on from their home as Grammy award winning pop star Madonna, right, accompanied by her husband, director Guy Ritchie, left, walk through a shanty town in Mumbai, India.

Everywhere Madonna and Ritchie went, so did the bald guy, an apparent bodyguard.

Here, the bald guy helps wedge the party through the crowd: Madonna, husband Guy Ritchie, center left in cap, and author Gregory David Roberts, center right.

To help shield the celebrities from the poor people, the bald guy locks hands with other apparent secrutiy workers.

The hand-holding security guys are a veritable conga line by the time they brush past the hanging laundry in the shanty town.

Residents and sightseers join the back of the line as Madonna and her party press on.

Madonna's party and a few soldiers walk past a building topped with a poster depicting Indian Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor.

The bald guy stiff-arms one man in the crowd as Madonna flashes a smile to members of her entourage.

Madonna, Ritchie and Roberts press on through the streets of Mumbai.

Madonna's reflection is seen in the window of a car as she arrives on the streets of Mumbai.

Madonna arrives on a visit to a church in Mumbai, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie had spent the past week in the northwestern Indian desert state of Rajasthan, visiting forts and spending the New Year in a desert camp, according to reports featured in Indian newspapers and on television channels.

Madonna gets a grip on her husband as the couple exits a church they visited in Mumbai.

Madonna, shielded by the bald guy, waves to photographers after visiting a store in Mumbai, India.

The bald guy makes a protective aura with his arms as Madonna and her party leave a Mumbai restaurant afer a meal.

Madonna, husband Guy Ritchie and the bald guy share a laugh as they pause on a street in Mumbai.

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Locals look on from their home as Grammy award winning pop star Madonna, right, accompanied by her husband, director Guy Ritchie, left, walk through a shanty town in Mumbai, India.

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