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Outdoor scene at dusk in a paved courtyard covered with scattered firecracker debris. A young person in white dhoti-style clothing with an orange shawl stands on the right, holding a long stick toward a smoking, burning firecracker on the ground. Nearby, several people in white traditional clothes with orange-and-gold borders stand or move, including a woman in a white sari with gold border on the left. A small boy in a blue shirt watches in the background. Behind them is a white building with a sign reading Sri Nithyaneshwar Temple and palm trees, flagpoles, a white van and a silver car are visible. Celebratory Diwali cracker-bursting setting.

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October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor scene at a temple compound with palm trees and a white-walled building bearing a sign reading Nithyanandeshwara Temple. In the foreground a man with dark curly hair wearing a white dhoti-style garment with gold border and an orange-gold shawl stands holding a long stick near a smoking pile of firecracker debris scattered over the ground. Behind him a group of women in white saris with gold borders and orange or yellow shawls stand in a line, and a child in blue clothing watches. A white van and a silver car are parked in the background near a low wall with flagpoles. Appearance-based label: a person, standing in white with orange-gold shawl, shown celebrating Diwali with crackers.2008-10-27Outdoor photograph at a temple compound in Bengaluru. A white wall sign reads 'Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana' and a red banner below reads 'Sri Nandeshwar Temple'. In the foreground a group celebrates Diwali: a woman in a cream and gold sari holds a lit sparkler, a man in white dhoti with orange shawl stands beside her, and a woman in white and gold holds a long stick with a red cloth bundle that is burning or being lit amid scattered paper and firecracker debris on the ground. Behind them several people in white clothes with orange shawls stand in a line, and a man in saffron-orange robes gestures at left. Palm trees, a white van, a silver car and flagpoles fill the background.2008-10-27Outdoor photo at a temple compound with a white wall and a sign reading Nithyaneshwar Temple in English and Kannada. Four people stand on a ground covered in scattered paper crackers debris. A man in orange dhoti and shawl on the left lights a firecracker held by a woman in white saree with gold border. On the right, a person in white dhoti and orange-bordered shawl holds a long stick with a red-cloth-wrapped item. Behind them a shaved-headed man in white and orange shawl and several other people in white and orange stand near the temple wall. Palm trees, a white van and a silver car sit in the background.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor scene in front of a white-walled building with a sign reading Sri Anandeshwar Temple and a Kannada-script name board above. A figure in saffron robes and an orange shawl stands in the foreground, facing left with a hand raised. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and white saris with orange shawls stand on dusty ground scattered with spent firecracker paper, celebrating Diwali with crackers. A woman in a white sari with gold border and orange shawl holds a lit firecracker that sparks bright. Palm trees and a small white truck are visible beyond a low wall and flags.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor photo of devotees celebrating Diwali with firecrackers at a temple compound. Scattered spent cracker debris covers the sandy ground and smoke rises at center. A man in a saffron-orange shawl stands at left on the raised platform near the temple entrance. Several men wear white dhotis with orange or yellow shawls, and women in white saris with yellow borders and yellow shawls stand in a line behind them. A man in white with a yellow shawl at right gestures with his hand. A white building with signage reading Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana and a Kalpataru Darshan poster sits behind them under palm trees, with a child in a teal shirt at right edge.2008-10-27Outdoor scene at dusk in a dirt courtyard covered with spent red and white firecracker debris. A thick cloud of white smoke rises from a burst in the centre. To the left, a line of about fifteen people in white ritual clothes stand before a white building with a sign reading in Kannada script. One figure in the line wears a saffron/orange robe and stands apart, and several wear yellow shawls. Coconut palms, a parked silver car and a motorbike with a rider appear at right, with a low wall and red-and-white bollards along the path.2008-10-27Outdoor Diwali celebration at AadiKailaasa in Bengaluru. Dozens of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas or saris, many wearing orange shawls and some yellow scarves, stand in a loose group on a dusty ground covered with scattered spent firecracker paper. In the foreground a man in an orange robe walks away from the group, and a figure in white with an orange shawl on the right lights or holds a firecracker that sends up a plume of white smoke. Behind them is a white building with a signboard reading Sri Nithyanandeshwara Temple and a banner advertising Kalpataru Darshan, with palm trees and a clear evening sky. Roughly fifty people are visible.2008-10-27