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Night scene at an outdoor courtyard with a bright fountain of sparks from a firecracker burning on the ground, surrounded by scattered spent paper crackers and debris. A man in a long saffron-orange robe stands at left with a hand extended, while another man in white kneels at the lower left lighting a cracker. Behind, a crowd of women in colourful salwar kameez and men in white stands along a red-and-white striped platform edge, with smoke drifting in the air. The setting suggests a Diwali celebration with fireworks.

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Night photograph of an outdoor courtyard at AadiKailaasa during Diwali celebrations. A lit firework rocket fizzes upright on the ground, sending up sparks and smoke, surrounded by scattered red and white paper debris and spent cracker wrappers. Behind it, a crowd of devotees in white and coloured clothing stands watching near a white wall with a framed picture and a purple emblem. A man in a saffron-orange robe stands in the middle of the courtyard, and a figure in white holds a small lit lamp at the right edge. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2008-10-27Night scene in a courtyard at an ashram, with a lit firecracker fountaining sparks and smoke at centre, and scattered spent paper debris covering the ground. A man in a bright orange-red robe walks at left, holding a sparkler, beside a dark stone statue of a seated animal on a white pedestal. Behind, several people in white and orange-saffron clothes stand near a red-and-white painted step barrier, and children and onlookers watch from a raised platform at right. A sign reading SRI ANANDA... is partly visible on a wall, and a shop wall displays clothing. Appearance-based identity of the robed man is unclear.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Night photograph at an outdoor ashram courtyard during a celebration with fireworks. In the foreground, two men light sparklers and fountain fireworks on a ground covered with spent red and white firework debris. The man at centre wears a saffron-orange robe and sandals, and bends toward a lit firework; a younger man beside him wears white ritual clothes with an orange shawl and holds a sparkler. Smoke drifts across the scene. Behind them a crowd of people in white clothes stands near white buildings, one with a signboard reading Sri Ahandeshwara Temple.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 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.2008-10-27Night photograph of a courtyard at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru, covered in spent firework debris. In the foreground a man in an orange robe crouches and lights a sparkler-type firework on the ground with a stick. Behind him, a man in white garments and an orange shawl stands and holds a small object near his waist, and other figures in white and orange are scattered across the ground lighting crackers. Low buildings and smoke haze fill the background.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27