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Indoor ceremony in a plain room with pink walls at night. A man in orange robes on the left holds a flaming torch aloft. A central seated figure wears an orange robe, an orange turban and a long beaded necklace, sitting on a low platform with a small lamp before him. Another orange-robed man sits nearby. A framed portrait on the right, garlanded with flowers, shows a figure in a turban. A large draped body lies covered in red and gold cloth on the right, with a crowd of seated devotees in white clothes filling the foreground.

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November 13 20052005-11-13 +1 copiesNovember 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Indoor evening ceremony in a whitewashed room. A man in an orange robe on the left raises a flaming torch toward the ceiling. Other saffron-clad men sit nearby, and a figure in white sits on a low bed at left. A body draped in red cloth lies on the floor at right, with a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds on the wall; a seated man in white works near a table. A large crowd of seated devotees fills the foreground, many in dark clothes, partly cut off by a pillar.2005-11-13A dim indoor ritual in a plastered room with pink-washed walls and barred windows. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl raises a lit flame or torch at left. Beside him a younger man in white kurta stands with palms pressed together. Seated on a white-covered bed or couch, a figure in orange robes and an orange turban wears a beaded necklace and sits near a small oil lamp. Other orange-clad and white-clad devotees sit on the floor in the foreground, with a tall wooden staff standing against the pillar. A framed colourful picture hangs on the right wall.2005-11-13 +1 copiesIndoor evening ritual in a whitewashed room. A man in an orange-saffron robe on the left raises a flaming torch aloft. Seated centre on a white-draped bench, a figure in saffron robes wears an orange head covering and a beaded mala, with a second saffron-clad devotee seated below him. Several seated devotees in saffron and white sit on the floor, with a bundled body wrapped in red cloth visible on the right, surrounded by people and garlands. A small oil lamp burns on the floor and a standing man in white clothing with a wooden staff is in the background. Wall posters and a framed picture hang on the walls behind them.2005-11-13Photograph of an indoor funeral ritual at night in a plain room with pale pink walls and a large central pillar. On the left, a standing man in orange robes holds a lit torch aloft. Seated in the centre, a man in an orange robe and orange turban sits before a white-draped platform with a small oil lamp and offerings on the floor. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in white with an orange shawl stands at a camera on a tripod. On the right, a body wrapped in a red and gold cloth lies on the floor beside a seated woman in white. Around them, a crowd of about twenty-five people sit on the floor, many with hands pressed together in prayer, some in white and others in orange clothing.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Indoor ceremony in a lamp-lit room with pale pink walls and a tall brown pillar. A standing man in orange robes raises a flaming torch on the left. Seated in the centre, a man in orange robes, an orange turban and a beaded necklace sits with hands folded before a row of orange-robed sannyasis and a seated audience. Beside them, a body lies draped in a pink-and-gold cloth on a white-covered bed, with white flower garlands at the right edge. A small oil lamp stands on the floor in the foreground. Devotees in white and orange clothing fill the lower portion, and a man in white stands at the back near a table. A wall picture hangs above. The scene looks like a funeral rite with a torch-bearing ritual. a person identification is based on appearance only: the seated central figure shows some cues, such as the orange turban and beaded necklace, but the image is small and uncertain.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14 +1 copiesIndoor ritual scene in a plain pink-walled room lit by a bare bulb. A man in an orange wrap stands at left holding a white cloth, beside a younger man in white dhoti and shirt. A seated figure in orange robes, an orange turban and a beaded mala sits on a white-covered couch before a small oil lamp on the floor. Behind him, a man in white with a yellow shawl stands at a video camera on a tripod near a desk. A draped body lies on a red cloth at right, with a long bamboo staff beside it. Several seated devotees in orange and white fill the foreground.2005-11-14