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Outdoor scene at an ashram ground with palm trees and a low stone wall behind. A cloud of white smoke fills the foreground as a man in white dhoti and shirt stands among spent firecracker debris scattered on the ground. A woman in white and orange at right holds a lit firework near a red post. Several people in white and orange garments and a child in blue stand or walk in the background, including a woman in yellow and white. A white van is parked beyond the wall. The scene suggests a Diwali firecracker celebration.

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Outdoor photograph at AadiKailaasa grounds in Bengaluru showing devotees in white ritual clothes with orange shawls celebrating with fireworks. A woman in the foreground wearing a white sari with an orange shawl holds a long pole or stick, with smoke drifting from crackers scattered across the ground. Behind her, men in white dhotis with orange shawls stand in a line, and a man at right in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a camera. Palm trees, a boundary wall, a parked car, a small white van and motorbikes fill the background. No identifiable a person is clearly present.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor photo at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru, of a group of devotees letting off fireworks on a dirt ground littered with spent firecracker paper. A woman in a white sari with orange border holds a long pole toward a burning cracker sending up white smoke. Men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand in a line behind her, and a man in white with an orange shawl holds a camera at right. A man in a long orange robe stands at left. Palm trees, a low boundary wall, a parked silver car and a white van are visible behind. Diwali celebration. People visible: about nine, with the photographer included.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor scene at a whitewashed temple building with a Kannada sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana. A man in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange-red shawl stands on a dusty ground covered in spent firecracker paper, arms extended, while smoke drifts across the scene. Behind him a group of people in white clothes, some in orange saris, stand in a loose line near palm trees, and a small flame glows to the right. A silver car is parked nearby.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor scene at an ashram ground with palm trees and a low wall behind. In the centre, a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl holds a long bamboo pole with a lit firework fizzing at its tip, and smoke drifts up. The ground is covered with scattered spent firecracker paper. Around her, several people in white dhotis and kurtas with orange shawls and saffron-robed figures watch and walk; one man at right in white with an orange shawl holds up a camera. A white van, a silver car and a motorbike are parked nearby. A figure in saffron robes stands at far left. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor 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.2008-10-27Outdoor 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 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.2008-10-27Outdoor photo at dusk of a dirt yard covered in scattered spent firecracker paper and debris. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red border stands centre, holding a long stick with a burning firework that trails white smoke. Several other people in white traditional clothes, some in orange or yellow shawls, walk and stand behind her near a low wall and red-and-white posts. Palm trees and a fenced wall appear in the background. A readable sign on the wall reads Sri Nithyaneshwar Temple.2008-10-27