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Night photograph at a temple courtyard beside a sign reading "Nithyaneshwara Temple". A tall column of sparks and fireworks rises from a square stone firing pit in the foreground, with stepped edges. Around it, a crowd of devotees in white and orange-saffron robes and shawls watches; several stand on steps to the left and others close to the fire. A poster on the wall beside them advertises "Kalpataru Darshan" with schedule text. The scene reflects a Diwali celebration with crackers.

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Night photograph of a Diwali celebration outside a temple building whose sign reads "SHWARA TEMPLE" (Nithyanandeshwara Temple). Sparks and fireworks burst from a stone fire pit at right while smoke drifts through the scene. Figures in white and cream ritual clothing gather around, some lit by strings of oil lamps lining the steps at left. A man in an orange robe stands at right among the crowd, and one person in white carries a bright sparkler. A printed banner reads "Kalpataru Darshan" with the notice "Every Saturday & Sunday" beside it.2008-10-27Night photograph of a Diwali celebration at a temple courtyard. A fountain-style firecracker sends bright green, white and red sparks and smoke upward from a concrete platform scattered with spent red casings. Around it, people in white dhotis and orange or saffron shawls stand and gather, some holding small lit crackers or sparklers. Seated devotees in white and yellow clothes sit on steps at left. Behind them is a whitewashed building with a signboard reading Sri Nanda Eshwara Devasthana and a poster reading Kalpataru Darshan with the text Every Saturday and Sunday.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Night-time photograph at an outdoor courtyard of a temple complex. A woman in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair stands at a white stone platform, bending over a lit firework or sparkler that sends sparks upward, scattered flower petals on the stone. Around her, people in white dhotis and kurtas with yellow and orange shawls stand and sit on steps; a few wear white saris with yellow borders. A whitewashed building behind them has signboards reading Sri Nithyanandeshwara Temple and Kalpataru Darshan, with notices on the wall. The scene appears to be a Diwali celebration with crackers. Motion blur on several moving figures.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Night photograph of a Diwali celebration in an open courtyard with a bright fountain-like firework erupting from the ground. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts and others in orange-red robes stand around the sparks; a bare-chested figure is not present. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at left near a striped white-and-red step platform, while another man crouches beside it, apparently lighting fireworks. Scattered paper debris covers the ground. A small single-storey building with a signboard stands at left, and a crowd of onlookers gathers near it. Many people are visible in the background.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Night photograph of a Diwali celebration at an ashram courtyard. Several people in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis light sparklers and fireworks on a concrete platform, with smoke drifting in the air. A central figure in an orange-red robe holds a lit sparkler, flanked by saffron-clad sannyasis and white-clad devotees, many with orange shawls. Behind them a crowd of women in white and coloured saris and children stands near a white building. A poster on the left reads Kalpataru Darshan with the Every Saturday & Sunday schedule, and a Kannada sign hangs on the building. Approximately 25 people are visible.2008-10-27