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Indoor photo of a dimly lit ceremony in a plain room with white walls and barred windows. In the lower left, a fire burns in a small pit beside brass oil lamps, with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes. Several seated people in orange and white clothing sit around the fire, and a flower-covered bier with red and yellow blossoms stands at the center. Devotees in the foreground have their hands pressed together in anjali. A standing man in white clothes watches at the far right, and a tripod camera stands near the flowers. The scene suggests a funeral rite with a homa.

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November 13 20052005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13A dimly lit room with pale walls and barred windows shows a small fire burning on the floor in front of a seated group of people in orange and saffron robes. A man in a white shirt stands at left, and a cameraman with a tripod films from the right. A body wrapped in yellow and marigold garlands lies on a low white-covered bed at right, consistent with a funeral rite. Lamps and brass vessels sit near the fire, and long bamboo poles stand upright in the room. Several people in white clothes watch from the background. The scene suggests a funeral homa or final rite for a deceased person. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2005-11-13Dim indoor ritual scene inside a plain whitewashed room with barred windows. Several people in orange-red and saffron robes sit cross-legged on the floor around small brass oil lamps and a flaming fire pit. A woman in a light sari sits among the group. On the right, a garlanded body lies covered in green flowers on a raised platform, with a long bamboo pole and a bundle of marigold-like decorations beside it, consistent with a final funeral rite. A cameraman with a tripod and camera stands at the back. The mood is solemn and smoky under harsh light.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13Dim indoor room during a final rite beside a flower-covered body on a low platform at right, draped in yellow and red marigolds. A seated figure with long dark dreadlocks and a rudraksha mala wears saffron robes and sits before a small fire with oil lamps and offering plates. Two saffron-clad men sit beside him, one with a shaved head. A cameraman stands behind a tripod and a person in white sits near the window. Strong light glows from above. Several people in white and saffron are seated or standing around the fire. The scene reads as a cremation-day ceremony with homa and fire offerings.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13Indoor photograph of a funeral ritual in a plain room with pale walls and barred windows. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron garment and a rudraksha mala, sits on the left near a white sofa; the appearance is consistent with a person candidate, though uncertain. Several monks in orange robes sit cross-legged on the floor around a small fire and a brass set of puja vessels, one bald man in orange among them. A cameraman in a white polo shirt films from a tripod on the right beside a glass-covered wooden casket draped with flower garlands. Bamboo poles with cloth banners stand in the foreground, and several white-clad people sit along the back.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13A dimly lit room with pale walls and barred windows holds a ritual gathering around a small fire pit in the foreground, with a flame and oil lamps on brass plates. Seated figures in orange and saffron robes sit on the floor; one central seated figure with long dark hair and orange clothing is at the centre, with a shaved-headed figure in orange beside him. Women in white saris sit along the back wall. A standing man in white kurta on the left waves a fan or whisk. To the right, heaped marigold garlands and red flower offerings lie on a table and a bench. A camera operator stands near the right window. The setting suggests a homa or final ritual.2005-11-13A dim interior room with a white wall and barred windows, lit by a bright overhead lamp and haze. Several robed sannyasis in orange and saffron sit on the floor around low brass lamps with flickering flames, plates of offerings and smoke rising. A long-haired figure in orange at left and a shaved-headed person in orange at right are among those seated. A raised platform at right is covered with a heap of yellow-green flowers, possibly marigolds, beside a tripod-mounted camera. A large framed portrait on the right wall shows a face, and a long ceremonial staff with tassels stands upright near the platform. At least a dozen people are visible, mostly partly seen, with white-clad onlookers at the lower edge. The setting suggests a funeral rite or final ceremony with lamps and flowers.2005-11-13