This is the moment police in India take to the skies in a paraglider for crowd control during a mass pilgrimage by more than a million Hindu worshippers.
When many police forces might use helicopters or drones, cash-strapped cops in Junagadh, in the Indian state of Gujarat, took off in a distinctly homemade-looking machine.
The paraglider soared above the city to warn police on the ground of crowd movements as pilgrims arrived for the sacred event Girnar Lili Parikrama on 23rd November.
The pilot, wearing a helmet fitted with a radio set and a helmet video camera, looks plainly uncomfortable as he is filmed apparently by a second machine.
Paragliding is completely unregulated in India, meaning operators do not need any kind of pilot’s licence to take off.
Girnar Lili Parikrama is a five-day annual Hindu pilgrimage.
More than 1.5 million devotees take part in an act of devotion, walking around Girnar mountain.
Four people have already died at the event, including an 11-year-old named as Payal Laxmanbhai Sakhan, who was killed by a leopard.
On their holy journey, pilgrims are expected to cover a 36-kilometre (22-mile) route through dense forests.
They visit sacred sites like Gorakhnath, Ambamata, Augadh Guru Dattatreya, Kalika, Bhavnath Shiv Temple, Bhartruchari Cave, Sorath Mahal, Bhim Kund, and Shiv Kund.
