The Chabad House, a Jewish community centre in the heart of the city targeted for being a link to Israel, was under siege too.
When the bloodbath there ended Friday afternoon, rescuers found nine bodies, including that of the young rabbi and his wife. Their toddler son had been rescued by the nanny.
The imprint of blood had been left in other places too, in the bullet pockmarked walls of Leopold Cafe, in the plush interiors of the Oberoi Trident, in the open platform of CST.