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Night photo of a courtyard at an ashram during a Diwali celebration with fireworks. A tall fountain-like firework sends sparks upward at center, and smoke drifts above it. Several people in white clothing with orange shawls stand around the open ground. Children in dark clothes light small crackers and sparklers near the ground. Some people in white with orange shawls stand at the right and lower right. Low buildings, a canopy and palm trees form the background.

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Night photograph of an outdoor ground at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru, during a Diwali celebration with fireworks. Two tall fountain-style firecrackers throw bright sparks and smoke into the dark. Several people stand around: a man in orange robes at the left edge, and people in white kurta-style clothes near the centre and right. A few boys in light shirts and trousers walk and watch the sparks. Scattered spent cracker debris covers the ground, and a table with a red cloth stands at right beside a bright tent-like structure. A figure in orange robes at the far left edge is visible, but identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2008-10-27Night photograph of a Diwali celebration at an ashram courtyard. Bright fireworks and sparks burst upward in the center while smoke drifts. Many people in white ritual clothes stand around, some holding crackers. A woman in the foreground wears an orange shawl over white and holds a small object in her hands. A young man in white stands at right, and another man in white stands at the lower left. A trident is visible on a post near the fireworks, and a covered building with lights is at right. Roughly twenty to thirty people are visible, though some are partially shown. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Night photo of a Diwali celebration at an outdoor courtyard. A tall fountain firework throws bright white sparks and smoke upward in the centre-left. Several people stand in the dark in white and orange-red clothing; in the foreground, figures in white and a person in orange-red are silhouetted. Small lit oil lamps or sparklers glow along the right side near a row of low buildings with lights.2008-10-27Night photo of an outdoor courtyard at an ashram, dim and smoky, with a light haze drifting through the air. Around two dozen people in white dhotis and white garments with orange and red shawls mill about, several holding small lit sparklers, celebrating Diwali with crackers. A tall trident-topped pole stands at left beside a raised stone platform with a large vessel. A signboard reading Sri Anandam is on the right-hand wall, and potted plants with orange-clay pots border a path in the foreground.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Night photograph of a dirt ground lit by a tall fountain firework throwing bright white sparks and smoke upward. On the left, a group of devotees in white and cream clothes stand watching, including a man with a bare upper body and white cloth draped over his shoulder and a woman in a cream sari with a yellow border. On the right, a man in white dhoti crouches over a firework lit at ground level, sparks flaring around him. Behind, a few people in white and orange-yellow clothes stand near an orange-walled small structure with a lit doorway and a blue board.2010-11-05October 17 20092009-10-17Night photograph of a Diwali celebration outdoors at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru, with several fountain-style fireworks erupting from the sandy ground, sparks and smoke rising among trees. Scattered spent firecrackers and debris cover the ground. On the right, a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-saffron shawl walks past the fireworks, and a few other figures in white clothing stand in the background near a white building with a sign. Several figures are visible across the scene.2008-10-27Night 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 20082008-10-27