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Outdoor cremation ground in an open field with a row of multicoloured prayer flags strung across a canopy. A smouldering funeral pyre of logs and ash sits on a brick-edged bed in the foreground. Around twenty people in white dhotis and kurtas stand and sit under the canopy; a man in a saffron robe, several seated devotees and a man in a green turban and dark shirt stand nearby. Parked cars and trees fill the background under a pale sky.

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Outdoor cremation at an open grassy field under a tent of colourful pennant bunting strung on bamboo poles. A smouldering funeral pyre of logs and ash sits on a bare brick-lined bed in the foreground, with a pink-stained ground and a few flames still rising. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand near the pyre and under the canopy, while others sit on the grass and on red plastic chairs; a figure in orange robes stands at the left and a man in a green turban stands at right. Parked white vehicles and trees fill the background.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ground on open grass with a brick-lined fire pit at the foreground, the pyre smouldering with ash and flames. Behind it, a canopy of striped pink, blue, yellow and green cloth strung on bamboo poles shelters seated people in white clothes. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand together to the right, and a shirtless man in a cloth wrap and a man in a green head cloth stand nearby. Parked cars and a motorbike sit in the background under a blue sky, with a few trees and distant hills.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor photograph of a cremation site on open grass under a blue sky. In the foreground a rectangular brick-lined pyre holds glowing embers and white ash, with a small burning fire at its top. Behind it, a striped multicoloured cloth canopy is strung on bamboo poles over seated people in white. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand in a loose group; the central figure in a white dhoti and shirt stands with hands together, while a man in a light shirt stands beside him and an older man in a green turban and brown shirt stands at the right edge. Several cars are parked in the background near scrubby trees and low hills.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation-rite gathering on open grass in Tiruvannamalai. A woman in an orange sari stands at a bare red-earth ritual ground beside a stacked pile of firewood, under a canopy strung with multicoloured pennants. Rows of men in white dhotis and shirts sit on the grass facing her, with parked white vehicles behind them. At right, a man in an orange robe holds a white fan or whisk aloft while speaking. A small brass tray with flowers and lamps sits on a pink cloth in front of a seated man in white at lower right. The cremation rite setting appears clear, but no figure is identified as the a person.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation-site ritual on an open grassy field with a dry red-earth clearing. In the foreground a large bed of grey ash and charred fragments lies inside a ring of stones, with a boulder at its edge and scattered pink-purple powder on the ground. Three seated men in saffron/orange robes sit on the grass behind small clay pots, brass lamps and offering vessels, with orange-tipped bamboo poles planted behind them. Three men in white dhotis and shirts crouch at the stone ring tending the ritual objects, while a man in a checked shirt stands at left holding a clay pot. Several other men in white stand in the background, and a white car and motorbike sit parked beyond the field under a hazy hillside.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on open grassland under a cloth canopy strung with colourful pennant flags. A large cremation pyre of logs and ashes burns on a bed of red-brown earth bordered by brick, with marigold petals scattered at its base. A standing man in a light shirt and sarong holds a long bamboo pole near the canopy, and a man in grey crouches tending the fire. A seated group of people in white dhotis and white clothing sits on mats in the background, and a few others in white stand nearby. Parked white four-wheel-drive vehicles and scrub trees fill the horizon.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14