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Outdoor cremation ceremony on open red earth with a stacked pyre of wooden logs and planks ringed by pink-tinted powder. A figure with long dark hair and bare upper torso, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth, stands at the pyre's left reaching toward it with one arm. Behind, a row of seated people in white and orange clothing sit on grass before parked buses, with green hills in the distance under a pale sky. The scene reads as a funeral rite; the seated attendees are mostly in white.

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Outdoors on reddish-brown earth, a man with long dark hair and bare shoulders wears an orange-saffron cloth wrap and stands beside a large stacked pyre of wooden logs and sticks set on a brick base with a pinkish powder ring around it. He extends his right arm over the pyre as if directing or placing an offering. Behind him, several people in white clothes and orange robes sit on a grass lawn near a green-yellow bus, with a second person in blue seated beside a small metal box and ritual items. Green hills and trees fill the background under a pale sky. The scene appears to be a cremation or final funeral rite. The man's presence cannot be confirmed from appearance alone; he is described by role and clothing only.2005-11-14Outdoor photograph of a cremation pyre built of stacked wooden logs on a bare red-earth clearing, dusted with white powder in a ring around its base. A standing woman with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, one arm extended toward the pyre. Behind her, several people in white and orange sit on the grass in a field with trees and hills under a pale sky. Plates with offerings lie at the bottom edge. The scene reflects a funeral rite of the final ceremony.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on a grassy field with hills behind. A standing figure in an orange-saffron wrap with a dark red border holds a metal plate or tray toward a tall pile of firewood logs stacked on reddish earth, with a microphone on a stand beside them. Behind, a row of people in white clothes sits on the grass and on mats, with parked vehicles including a yellow-green bus, a white van and motorbikes, and small orange flags on poles. The figure's long hair is swept back and no crown, rudraksha mala or ceremonial ornaments are clearly visible, so the identity of the standing figure is uncertain.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on a dusty red-earth ground with green grass and hills behind. A standing figure in long flowing orange-saffron robes with long dark hair and beard raises a round metal plate or vessel in one hand, facing a large pyre of stacked wooden logs and branches with a red brick base. Seated white-clad devotees sit on the grass in the background, some in orange, with parked vehicles including a green bus and a jeep, and a small flag line along the path. Scattered pink-purple colour powder marks the ground near the pyre.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoors on a dry grassy field with hills behind, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands at left holding a silver plate raised overhead. In front of him is a large pile of stacked firewood, a funeral pyre, on red earth. Behind the pyre, a row of seated people in white clothing sit on the grass, with buses, vehicles and small orange flags along the field. The figure's distinctive long hair and saffron robes are visible cues, though identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2005-11-14An outdoor cremation pyre of stacked logs set on a ring of red bricks on bare red earth, with pink-tinted powder marking the ground around it. A standing woman in an orange sari with orange shawl and beaded necklace stands at the back of the pyre. Seated in rows on the grass to the left and right, a crowd of people in white clothes and several men in orange robes sit facing the pyre, with a man in white kneeling at the left holding a tray. A row of parked vehicles, vans and cars sits in the background, with forested hills beyond. A strip of multicoloured bunting hangs from poles at the left edge.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on a dusty clearing with green grass and distant hills. A standing figure with long dark hair, wearing a flowing orange saffron garment, holds a microphone in one hand and raises a white cloth or plate in the other toward a large stacked pyre of firewood with pale split logs. Behind the pyre, a group of people in white clothes sit on the grass, and one seated man wears orange. Vehicles including a green bus and a white car are parked in the background with small orange flags on poles.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14