Lighting and floating diyas on the occasion of Dev Diwali in Benares, in Varanasi

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People light hundreds of oil lamps and float them in the Ganges on the auspicious occasion of Dev Deepawali in Varanasi. people also light firecrackers and float paper lanterns. Dev Deepawali is celebrated fifteen days after Diwali, on Kartik Purnima or the full moon after Diwali. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion and Full HD. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves i