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Outdoor 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.

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A photograph of a Diwali celebration with firecrackers at an outdoor ground. Thick white smoke rises from a carpet of spent firecracker debris in the foreground. Several women in white and cream sari-style clothes with orange and red borders stand and walk on the left, one holding a lit flame. A brick wall on the left bears a signboard reading Nithyaneshwar Temple and a red-and-pink signage panel. Palm trees and a parked white car sit in the background under an evening sky.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor 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.2008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor scene at dusk on a dirt ground littered with spent firecracker paper, with a thick haze of smoke drifting across the frame. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and white kurta with an orange-red shawl over one shoulder stands with arm outstretched, appearing to direct or light crackers. To the left, a man in white dhoti and white kurta and another in an orange-brown dhoti stand near a crowd of people in white and yellow clothing. Behind them is a white building with a signboard reading in Kannada 'Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana' and a poster on its wall, with palm trees and a silver car at right. A small fire glows in the smoke.2008-10-27Outdoor photograph at AadiKailaasa in Bengaluru: a figure in white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl stands at right, holding a long stick toward a pile of spent firecrackers and fresh smoke on a dirt ground strewn with red and white paper debris. Behind them a line of about fifteen women and a few men in white and yellow-white traditional clothes, some with orange shawls, stand in a row. At left a figure in a saffron-orange robe stands apart. A white building with a Kannada sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana is behind, with palm trees and a parked silver car. Celebrating Diwali with crackers.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 photo at dusk in front of a white hall with a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana and a Kalpataru Darshan notice. Several people in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with orange shawls and yellow sashes, stand on ground strewn with spent firecracker paper. A man in the center holds a lit firecracker with smoke rising, and a woman in an orange sari stands nearby. Palm trees and a white van are visible behind the crowd of onlookers.2008-10-27A night-time outdoor scene at an ashram courtyard, hazy with smoke from fireworks. Several men in white dhotis and orange shawls hold lit sparklers; the figure at centre-left holds a sparkler beside a small group of people. A man in an orange robe stands centre, holding a sparkler, with a bald-headed man in white walking nearby. Small children and adults in traditional clothes stand in a line along a white building with Kannada signage, watching. Confetti and paper debris cover the ground.2008-10-27Outdoor 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.2008-10-27