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Outdoor cremation ceremony on open grass at KAILASA land near Tiruvannamalai. A large pyre of stacked logs sits on a circular pink-dusted ground with marigold garlands and yellow flower petals laid around it. Beneath a canopy strung with colourful pennants, a standing figure in a flowing orange robe with long dark hair stands beside the pyre. Dozens of men in white dhotis and white shirts sit on the grass in rows behind it, with parked vehicles at the edge of the field. A sack of offerings and coconuts lie at lower left, and a small framed portrait hangs under the canopy.

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