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Night 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.

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Night 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.2009-11-30A 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 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.2009-11-30September 03 20072007-09-03Night outdoor fire ritual on bare ground. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged behind small square brick fire pits, many with lit oil lamps and marigold petals, while a brass vessel and kalasha-like pot rest near a central homa pit with burning flames. A man in a yellow-orange shirt and white dhoti tends the fire at left, a woman in a yellow-and-white sari holds a child, and a man in a blue shirt sits nearby. Smoke drifts over the crowd, with string lights and standing people in the background.2007-09-03December 12 20162016-12-12A photograph of a very large outdoor gathering at night, with hundreds of participants seated on the ground in rows before small brick-walled fire pits. Each pit holds a lit flame or small fire and offering vessels, and numerous oil lamps flicker across the dark field. Most participants wear white or light clothing, and some wear sarees in blue, green and pink. The scene resembles a homa or yagna ritual performed in unison, with the crowd absorbed in the fire ceremony.2007-02-11Night-time mass homa ceremony in an open outdoor ground, with rows of hundreds of participants seated on the ground before small brick-lined fire pits. Each pit holds a small flame and offering plates, and many oil lamps and candles are lit along the rows under string lights. Most participants wear white or pastel shirts and saris. In the lower right, a person with long light-coloured hair wears an orange garment and a grey-white shawl, seated beside a fire pit. Overall the scene shows a large group fire ritual with offerings and lamps.2007-02-11December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11December 12 20162016-12-12