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Bengaluru Diwali Timelapse Goes Viral After Finance Minister’s Praise

The one-minute clip compresses an hour of citywide fireworks through long-exposure light painting.

Overview

  • Aerial content creator Srihari Karanth posted a one-minute video on X that condenses Bengaluru’s Diwali activity from 7 to 8 pm into a timelapse.
  • The post drew over 400,000 views within hours, according to coverage by The Indian Express.
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lauded the video on X, calling the result artistic and praising the camera exposure technique.
  • Reports explain the visual was produced with long-exposure light painting, which records the paths of moving lights to create continuous trails.
  • Karanth said he used a GoPro 11 in long-exposure mode for nearly an hour, and comments on the post ranged from celebrating Bengaluru’s festivities to raising pollution and AQI concerns.