A photograph of an outdoor cremation pyre on bare red earth, with charred logs and grey ash piled inside a ring of red bricks. Scattered yellow flower petals and purple-pink powder lie around the bricks, and a small flame flickers at one edge. Behind it, a open green field holds a red van parked near scattered litter, with trees and a hill in the background. No people are visible in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of an outdoor cremation pyre on bare red earth, with charred logs and grey ash piled inside a ring of red bricks. Scattered yellow flower petals and purple-pink powder lie around the bricks, and a small flame flickers at one edge. Behind it, a open green field holds a red van parked near scattered litter, with trees and a hill in the background. No people are visible in the scene.

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A photograph of a cremation pyre on open ground. A pile of charred logs and grey ash sits inside a low ring of red bricks, with a few small orange flames still rising from the top. Purple-pink powder and scattered yellow petals lie around the base on bare reddish earth. Behind it, a grassy field stretches toward a red hatchback parked under trees, with a green hill rising in the background. No people are visible in the scene.

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A photograph of an open-air cremation pyre burning on bare reddish earth beside a green grassy field. Charred and burning logs are stacked over a central bed, surrounded by brick edging, with scattered yellow and white flower petals and garlands spread on the ground in front. A few people stand at a distance on the grass near a small red car, and a hill with trees rises in the background. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.

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Outdoor cremation pyre of large dark logs burning and smouldering on a bare red-earth ground with scattered ash and a few stones, under a pale blue sky with scattered clouds. Behind it, a framed pink-tinted portrait is set up on a stand beside a dark brown memorial pillar, with a green vehicle at the right edge, grass, trees and a distant hill. No people are visible in the scene.

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Outdoors on a dry red-earth field with green grass and hills behind, a bare-chested man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap and leans over a stacked wood pyre set on bricks and sprinkled with pink powder. He appears to be lighting or arranging the logs. Behind him seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts sit on the grass, a woman in a white sari with blue border stands at right, and a couple of parked buses and vehicles are visible. A small brass lamp and offering items sit on a mat at right. a person (long swept-back hair, bare chest, orange cloth) performing the cremation pyre rite at KAILASA in Tiruvannamalai.