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Outdoor funeral ceremony under a canopy with colourful triangular pennants in pink, blue, green and yellow. A standing woman in an orange garment with a long dark braid holds a long pole, and an orange-robed figure stands near a white-clad man beside a stacked pyre of firewood. Many people in white clothes sit on the grass in rows, with orange-robed sannyasis among them, while a green and yellow bus stands in the background across a flat field. Flower garlands, offerings and a pile of cloth sit near the pyre. Crowd of around sixty people visible.

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