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Outdoor photograph of a dusty construction-site yard at a temple complex, with a white building and red-framed open shelter behind. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk and run across the ground; one in an orange-saffron robe and another in an orange shawl are prominent. A man in white with a yellow shawl holds a small object. Women in saffron, green and white saris and a girl in red stand watching at the back. A pile of spent firecrackers and a puff of smoke lie on the ground at right. A silver SUV is parked beyond the wall. No readable name or caption is visible in the scene.

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October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor scene on a dusty ground covered with scattered firework debris and paper scraps. A man in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair and a full beard walks at left, away from a billowing cloud of white firecracker smoke at right. Behind him a line of about 25 people stands in white dhotis and kurtas, with some in red and orange shawls and several children in mixed colours. A white SUV and a concrete boundary wall with a red gate sit in the background, and a red fuse line lies across the ground at lower right. The orange-robed man is a person by appearance, with long hair, a beard and saffron clothing, shown walking near the firecracker burst during a Diwali celebration.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor photograph on a dirt ground at an ashram site, with scattered firework debris and spent crackers covering the earth. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and an orange shawl leaps away from a burst of smoke and sparks, arms flung out. A second man in white with a yellow shawl stands with his back to the camera, and a third man in white with a light shawl bends forward with hands raised to his head. Behind them, a row of about a dozen onlookers stands watching: men in white kurtas and dhotis, women in sarees in green, orange, cream and pink. Stacks of red bricks and gravel lie beyond them.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor photo of a dirt path strewn with spent firecracker paper and debris, apparently after a celebration. In the foreground, two young men with dark curly hair face away from the camera: one wears a white kurta with a saffron-orange shawl, the other a white kurta with a yellow shawl. To the right, a man in white ceremonial clothes with a yellow shawl stands near a small pile of cardboard boxes. Behind them, a line of people in white and orange garments walks along the path, with a few onlookers in white and a woman in red standing near trees on the upper right. A red cloth lies on the ground at right, and a light-coloured tree trunk and green shrubs frame the scene.2008-10-27Outdoor scene of a crowd standing on dusty ground beside a long white building with a green curved roof and red-trimmed awning. Smoke rises from fireworks at left, with scattered spent crackers and red fuse on the ground. Many people in white garments and orange or saffron shawls face the fireworks; a central figure in white robes with long dark hair stands near an orange-robed sannyasi holding a bundle of flowers. Some people in colourful saris and yellow shawls are also present. Two people sit on the roof at top. Setting suggests Diwali celebration with crackers.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor scene at a dirt-and-gravel ground beside a white building with a red-framed open shelter. A figure in a long white kurta-style robe and sandals walks centre-frame across scattered paper debris, apparently the remnants of crackers. Behind them a large crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing stand watching, some with hands together, including women in saffron shawls and white sarees and older men in white. Small children in red and grey clothing are among the onlookers. In the foreground, two seated people, one in yellow and one in orange-trimmed white, face away. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the centre figure is described by role only.2008-10-27