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A dim indoor room shows a body wrapped in a red and gold cloth lying on a low platform or bier, with flower garlands at the far right edge. A man in white clothes with a saffron shawl stands behind a video camera on a tripod at left. A dense crowd of seated people fills the foreground, many with dark hair and some in white shirts or plaid clothes. In the doorway at right, a person in white clothing stands with a hand raised near the face. A framed portrait of a bearded saint in saffron-toned robes hangs on the upper right wall. The scene conveys a funeral observance with onlookers gathered around the deceased.

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