This is the moment India responded to Prime Minister Modi's call to switch off the lights in their homes and light candles in a show of unity against the coronavirus pandemic.

Footage filmed on Sunday (April 5) in Bengaluru, southern India shows a family holding candles and residents cheering on their balconies lit up with candles.

Narendra Modi called on Indians to come together for nine minutes at 9 p.m. on April 5 to by lighting candles and lamps or switching on flashlights in support of those worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the people to turn off all light in their homes and light a candle or a diya, mobile flashlight, candle, torch etc. Toward off the darkness at a time when the country is battling to control the coronavirus pandemic

All together, challenge the darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis, introducing it to the power of light. No one is alone during the lockdown, the collective superpower of 130 crore Indians is with every citizen."
The Prime Minister asserted that no one must endanger to battle against the highly contagious virus by gathering on roads. "Please do not go out on to the roads, lanes or your localities, do it at the doorstep or balconies of your own homes.
This was the PM's third address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic and the second call for a collective gesture of solidarity after the clapping and clanging of utensils during the Janata Curfew. He said nations were following India's example.
The nation is in the second week of the total lockdown he had announced on March 24 to contain the spread of COVID-19.