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Night photo of a narrow street lined with faded green and turquoise walls and corrugated shutters. Two smiling women in the centre hold lit sparklers that throw bright sparks; one wears a cream dress with an orange shawl, the other a blue sari with a sheen pattern. A young man in a white shirt stands in the left foreground with his back to the camera, and another man in white clothes stands further back near a doorway. A cropped figure in a pink-and-gold sari appears at left. The scene reads as a Diwali celebration with fireworks, though no Swamiji is clearly visible.

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A night-time street scene of people lighting sparklers and fireworks on a dusty road, with bright sparks flying. A woman in a blue and gold sari and another in a yellow sari smile as they hold sparklers. A young girl in a pink and blue sari crouches low to light a firecracker, and another child in a light top reaches toward a fuse at right. Several other people stand in the background near a lit doorway and steps, with a corrugated metal pillar at right. The mood suggests a Diwali celebration.Night photograph of people lighting sparklers and fireworks on a concrete ground outside a building at Diwali celebrations. A young woman in a yellow-gold sari with a dupatta stands centre-right, holding a sparkler. A young man in a white shirt on the steps holds a lit sparkler, and another man in white stands near him. A boy in a blue outfit stands beside the woman, and a woman in a blue and pink salwar kameez stands at the right edge. 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