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Indoor evening ceremony in a plain room with pink walls and a cream wooden-barred window. A man in an orange robe stands at left holding a burning flame or torch, while a man in white sits on a white-draped bench beside him. Centre, a seated figure in orange robes with a saffron head wrap and a rudraksha mala sits on the bench; the figure is an appearance-based a person candidate, with orange head wrap and rudraksha mala as cues, but identity is uncertain. Seated devotees in orange and white fill the foreground. Oil lamps stand on the floor, and long staffs rest against the pillar. Right, a covered body wrapped in pink and gold cloth lies on the floor surrounded by mourners, and a framed picture hangs on the wall. Photograph of a funeral-related Hindu rite.

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