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.