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Outdoor cremation pyre on red earth at a ceremony, with a stacked wood pyre emitting heavy white smoke on the right. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left, bending over the pyre with a long stick. Beside him a person in orange-saffron robe and sash stands close to the pyre. Behind them a crowd of men in white clothes sits on grass in rows, with parked vans and buses and a hillside beyond. Marigold or flower petals lie at the pyre's base, and a small colourful flag is at the left edge.

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Outdoor cremation pyre on red earth beside a grassy field, with smoke rising from a stacked wood pyre set on brick supports and decorated with yellow marigold petals at its base. Two men stand near the pyre: a bare-chested-to-shin figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, and a man in white clothes holding a long stick to tend the fire. A woman in an orange sari stands behind them, and a line of seated people in white clothes watches from the left. Parked vans and cars and forested hills stand in the background under a pale sky. The men do not show distinctive a person cues, so they are described by role only.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on open grass with a hillside behind and parked white vans and cars at the edge. A large wood pyre burns at right, sending up thick white smoke. A standing figure in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala stands beside the pyre. A bent figure in white dhoti and shirt tends the fire, and another person in white kneels at the lower right. A woman in an orange sari with a gold necklace sits near the pyre. Dozens of men in white clothes sit on the grass in rows watching the rite.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on red earth beside a grassy field, with a large column of white smoke rising from logs and wood stacked on the fire. Several people stand around it: a man in white dhoti and shirt bends toward the pyre with a stick in hand, a man in white kurta stands at left, and a person in an orange-saffron garment sits near the fire. Behind them, seated and standing onlookers fill the field, with white vans, cars and a bus parked near a forested hill. Pink powder is scattered on the ground. The scene reads as the final rites for a deceased person at the Kacharapattu site.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14An outdoor cremation pyre of stacked wooden logs burns on a brick base on reddish earth, with smoke rising and yellow flower petals scattered on the ground in front. Two men in white dhoti and kurta stand at the pyre; the taller one at left holds a wooden stick, and the other stands beside a bundle of wood. A saffron-robed sannyasi in orange cloth kneels at the pyre's edge tending the fire, and a second saffron-robed figure stands behind it. Around two dozen seated men in white and light shirts sit on grass to the left, with vehicles parked and a hill behind.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on a red earth clearing with hills and parked vans behind. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl stands at left, holding a tray of offerings. A barefoot man in white dhoti and shirt stands beside the pyre, placing wood on the fire. A woman in orange sari sits near the pyre, and white-clad mourners sit on grass to the left. Smoke rises from the wood stack with marigold petals scattered on the ground. No one is identifiable as a person by the cues in this image; the orange-clad figure has no distinctive presentation markers visible.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on a red earth clearing with a grassy field and forested hills behind. A man in white dhoti and shirt kneels at the wood pyre, tending it with a long stick as smoke and flames rise. Behind him, a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha-style necklace stands with hands together. Around the pyre, rows of seated men in white clothes watch, and white minivans are parked on the left. Flower petals and marigold-yellow offerings lie near the fire. No one is identified as a person in the visible scene.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation rite on open ground beside parked vans and cars, with hills and trees behind. In the centre a large wood pyre burns, sending up thick smoke, with marigold garlands at its base. A man in a white dhoti and kurta stands at left with arm outstretched toward the pyre. Beside him a person in an orange-saffron cloth with long dark hair and a beaded necklace holds a small brass vessel. Another man in white kneels at the fire's edge tending it. A crowd of people in white clothes sits on the grass at left under a multicoloured canopy strung on poles. The scene reflects a funeral cremation ritual.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on bare red earth at a rural open ground with parked white vans and a hillside behind. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts tend a wood pyre of logs and bricks, with smoke rising heavily to the right; a body wrapped in white cloth lies atop the pyre. A woman in an orange sari stands at the back of the pyre with hands folded. Behind them a seated crowd in white and light clothing watches under a small striped canopy at left, and marigold petals lie at the base of the pyre.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14