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Outdoor cremation ceremony on bare red earth under a canopy strung with multicoloured prayer flags. A woodpile of logs and branches sits on a brick platform ringed with pink-purple powder. A large crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, and women in saris, stands in rows watching, some with hands folded in prayer. On the right, a figure in an orange-saffron robe with long hair stands near the edge of the crowd. Green grass and trees lie beyond the gathering.

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November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre of stacked logs and bricks on bare red earth, with flames rising. A figure in an orange-saffron garment stands bending over the pyre at right, tending the fire. Dozens of people in white clothing sit on grass in the background, facing the pyre, beneath multicolored bunting-decorated canopies. A small pinkish-purple ring is marked on the ground around the pyre base. The sky is pale and hazy. a person appearance cannot be confirmed from this image alone, so the figure is described by role as the presiding figure in saffron.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ritual on open ground at KAILASA, Kacharapattu, Tiruvannamalai. A stacked pyre of logs sits on a brick-edged platform surrounded by pink-and-white rangoli powder. A long-haired figure in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, stands at the pyre's right edge with arm extended toward the wood, appearing to light or offer at the fire. A white-clad man stands behind him, and a larger crowd of white-clad devotees sits on the grass beyond, under colourful pennant-strung canopies. Some people wear orange or red garments. A banner or portrait is partly visible under the canopy at right.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on open grass under colourful pennant-decorated canopies. A kneeling man in white clothes sits beside a stacked wood pyre set on bricks with pink-tinted ground marking. Standing to the right, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron cloth and holds a long rod. A large seated crowd in white clothes fills the background, and a pale vehicle and trees line the field under a bright sky.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre of stacked wooden logs ringed by red bricks on a bare red-earth ground, with a pinkish powder marking the base. A figure in an orange-red robe bends over the pyre, apparently tending or lighting it. A young man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left holding a tray. Seated devotees in white and a few in orange robes line the field, with vans, cars and a hill in the background and colourful prayer flags at left.2005-11-14