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A dense crowd fills a city street at night, lit by rows of small clay oil lamps placed on the pavement and road. Many people are crouched or bending to light and arrange the lamps, while others stand watching. A man in a white shirt and light blue shirt is in the foreground, and a man in glasses and a dark shirt looks to the left. Shopfronts with signs, including Philips and Ambica-style lighting advertisements, line the street, and a tree and string lights overhead. No ritual figure or a person candidate is visible in this scene.

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A dense crowd of many people stands and sits on a city street at night, filling the frame. Men in white shirts and light trousers, women in saris including an orange-and-blue sari in the lower centre, and children mingle among the shopfronts. Strings of small oil lamps glow on the ground at the lower left. Shop signs for Raymond Suitings, Sanatha Cut-Piece Cloth Centre and Philips line the street, and a large devotional banner hangs at the upper right beside green-lit trees.2009-11-30Dense evening crowd on a city street filling the frame, mostly men and women in white shirts, white dhotis and sarees, many wearing round ribbon rosettes pinned to their clothes. Several people hold palms together in namaste at left. Behind them, a bright open fire blazes at right beside lit oil lamps set along the road, and orange and red festoon pennants are strung overhead. Shopfronts, a Philips and other store signs, and blue plastic chairs line the street. Two large blue-framed banners show a painted deity figure.2009-11-30Night photograph of a crowded street lined with rows of lit oil lamps, flickering in long parallel lines across the roadway. Many people, mostly crouched or bending low, tend the lamps; several wear orange, red and saffron clothing, and others wear white and patterned shirts and saris. Shopfronts and street lights line the road, and a dense crowd stands along the edges in the foreground.2009-11-30Dense outdoor evening crowd gathered under a canopy of orange and saffron pennant flags strung between trees along a street lined with shops and signboards. Many seated people in plastic chairs face forward, including women in saris, men in white shirts and dhotis, and children. Some hold small lamps or flowers. A large framed poster of a smiling deity-like figure with a garland hangs at the right beside a banner, and a green-lit tree and lights decorate the scene.2009-11-30Night photograph of a street procession where many devotees line both sides of a road, bending low to place rows of lit oil lamps (diyas) along the tarmac, creating long glowing parallel lines of flame. Women in saris and salwar kameez in pink, blue, green and purple stand and crouch while others in yellow and white watch from the crowd. A man in an orange-saffron garment stands at the left edge in the foreground, and a young man in an orange-brown shirt holds a phone. Shopfronts with lit signs, including Hinmat Electricals, line the street behind the crowd.2009-11-30A night-time street gathering where many devotees, mostly women in saris and salwar kameez and some men in shirts, kneel or bend along the road to place small clay oil lamps in long parallel rows. The lamps glow warmly across the asphalt, with shop lights and signboards visible at the top edge. A woman in a yellow sari and a woman in a navy sari with glasses stand prominently among the crowd, and a man in a green shirt in the foreground watches the lamp lines. The scene suggests a lamp-lighting offering during a temple inauguration.2009-11-30Night street procession in a busy urban market area, with a large crowd of devotees holding small oil lamps and flames that light the scene. Many women wear saris in orange, red, blue and teal, with shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in front wears a white shirt with a round ribbon rosette pinned to his chest. Shopfronts and streetlights line the road, and a green cloth covers a raised platform on the left. The crowd fills the street, with people in the foreground and lamp-carrying devotees stretching into the background.2009-11-30Night scene on a city street filled with rows of lit clay oil lamps (diyas) arranged in long parallel lines across the road. Many people, mostly kneeling or bending low, are placing or tending the lamps. Several figures in orange and red clothing stand out among the crowd, and a woman in a sari with a pale shawl stands at right. Shopfronts with lit signs line the background under a dark sky. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2009-11-30Night street scene under strings of orange and red triangular pennants strung between trees, lit with green and blue lights. A large crowd, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris, fills the road. In the foreground, a group of people kneel and sit on the ground arranging rows of lit oil lamps in a curving pattern. Drummers in the centre, one holding a large drum, play for the gathering. A bonfire burns at right, and banners hang from shopfronts and a lamp-post on the left.2009-11-30Night photograph of a crowded street lined with rows of lit clay oil lamps placed in long parallel lines along the roadway. Many people, mostly women in saris and salwar and some men and children, are crouching, bending and kneeling to place or tend the lamps. A woman in an orange sari and a man in a blue shirt stand among them, and many lamps glow in the dark. Trees, shop fronts and street lights line the road beyond the crowd.2009-11-30Evening street gathering in a busy commercial area, with a large crowd of men and women standing and seated on blue plastic chairs. Many wear white shirts and dhotis, saffron and yellow saris, and blue and red garments. Some seated men wear round rosette badges on their shirts. Shops behind them include Raymond suitings, a cloth centre and Philips and Electricals signage. A tall blue banner with a deity image hangs at upper right, and a few people are visible at the edges of the frame.2009-11-30Night street scene at a crowded procession route with many devotees filling the road under orange street lamps. A young man in a white t-shirt in the foreground stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Nearby, women wear white saris with yellow borders, and a woman in a gold-green sari and glasses stands beside a man in an orange shawl. Vehicles, shopfronts and a distant string of red lights are visible behind the crowd.2006-10-19