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Outdoor cremation ceremony on open ground with hills behind and buses and cars parked at the edge of a grassy field. In the foreground a long-haired person in an orange saffron garment with a bare shoulder bends over a stacked pyre of wooden logs and branches, reaching toward it with one arm, on reddish-brown earth dusted with pink-purple powder. Behind them, a row of people in white clothes and orange garments sit on the grass and mats, some with hands folded in prayer, with brass vessels and offerings set out near the seated group on the right. Orange flags on poles stand in the field. The pyre is a funeral pyre, consistent with the cremation ritual described on the page.

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November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoors on a dry red-earth field with green grass and hills behind, a bare-chested man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap and leans over a stacked wood pyre set on bricks and sprinkled with pink powder. He appears to be lighting or arranging the logs. Behind him seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts sit on the grass, a woman in a white sari with blue border stands at right, and a couple of parked buses and vehicles are visible. A small brass lamp and offering items sit on a mat at right. a person (long swept-back hair, bare chest, orange cloth) performing the cremation pyre rite at KAILASA in Tiruvannamalai.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation rite on open reddish earth in a grassy field before low green hills. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and bare upper body, wearing an orange saffron dhoti-style cloth, bends over a pyre of stacked wooden logs ringed with white powder and places his hand on the wood. Behind him, seated devotees in white clothes sit on a mat with brass puja vessels and offerings, a woman in a white sari stands to the right, and parked buses and a motorbike sit at the field's edge.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor photograph of a funeral pyre on reddish earth in an open field before hills. A tall, bearded figure with long swept-back hair and an orange-saffron robe bends over the wooden pyre, arranging logs; the pyre is stacked on a rectangle of bricks and sprinkled with pink petals. Seated people in white and orange-saffron clothes sit on grass to the right and left, and vehicles including a white van and a yellow-green truck stand behind. The scene is a cremation ceremony, and the robed figure with the distinctive hair and saffron clothing has a probable appearance match to a person, attending in the role of officiant at the final rites.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on bare red earth at a rural site, with stacked wooden logs and a flaming fire at the centre, edged by a ring of brick blocks and a pinkish-white powdered boundary. A figure in a saffron-orange garment with a red-banded wrap stands at left, bare-shouldered with long dark hair, using a long wooden stick to tend the pyre, while a white plate of marigold-like flowers or offerings lies on the ground beside it. Behind, many seated men in white dhotis and shirts face the fire, with parked white vans, buses and cars and distant hills under a pale sky. A small strip of colourful prayer flags hangs on a pole at left. The scene shows a funeral fire rite for a deceased person.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation-site ceremony on bare red earth under a bright sky. A stacked pyre of logs sits beneath a multicoloured bunting canopy at left, with a pink-stained ground beneath it. Several men in saffron-orange robes kneel at right, bent forward and tending small piles of sticks, with yellow marigold garlands on the ground. A woman in an orange sari stands behind the pyre holding a rope of the canopy. Behind them, rows of people in white clothes sit on the grass, and parked white and silver cars line the field. A banner with a portrait is visible at the left edge. Visible people: about 20.2005-11-14Outdoor funeral cremation ceremony on a grassy field at KAILASA in Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground a large stacked pyre of firewood rests on a brick platform, outlined with pink-tinted powder. A person in white clothes stands at left holding a tray. Beside the pyre a figure in a long orange robe with long dark hair stands with palms pressed together in prayer, a. Behind them, seated white-clad devotees and rows of sannyasis in orange robes sit on the grass, with buses and cars parked beyond and forested hills in the background.2005-11-14