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Outdoor cremation rite on open grass beside a silver SUV. A tall figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrap and a gold-beaded necklace, stands at right extending one arm and holding a small vessel over a blackened ash-covered pyre bordered by bricks. Two men in white dhotis kneel at left, one pouring liquid from a steel pot into a steel dish, with rows of water bottles lined up nearby. A man in a striped shirt and beige trousers stands behind them, and a seated man in a pink shirt and grey trousers sits at right. Onlookers stand in the background, including a boy in an orange shirt at left and a man in white with a shoulder-carried bundle at right.

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Outdoor photograph of a funeral rite at an open dusty field. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange draped cloth and a long gold bead necklace, pouring water from a brass vessel over a smouldering pit of grey ash ringed with bricks. Behind him a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a brass pot, and several onlookers stand or sit, including a child in a green uniform. A silver SUV and a motorcycle are parked in the background under a pale sky.2005-11-14Outdoor photograph at a cremation-site ritual on open grass. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange garment and a heavy gold bead necklace stands barefoot beside a brick-lined fire pit of grey ash, pouring liquid from a small vessel. Around the pit lie rows of terracotta pots. Behind, a dozen men sit or stand in white dhotis and shirts, one in a pink shirt seated, another in a red shawl, with a silver SUV parked nearby under an overcast sky.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation ritual on open grassland. A bare-chested man with long swept-back hair and an orange saffron dhoti stands barefoot on the edge of a smouldering ash pit ringed with bricks, holding a small brass vessel. Seated on the left, a group of women and a boy in white and blue saris watch quietly. To the right, a man in a white dhoti bends over a steel pot and bottles of liquid set on a bamboo rod, while standing men and children watch beside a silver SUV and a white van.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation ground at a dirt site. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a beaded necklace, stands barefoot pouring liquid or holding a vessel near a smoking ash pit lined with bricks. Around him, several men in white dhotis and shirts sit or stand, one pouring from a steel pot; a row of plastic bottles and a red-and-white banner-like cloth sit on the grass. A silver SUV and motorcycle are parked behind, with a few onlookers and children in the background. a person: the orange-clad man with long hair and a beaded necklace matches the qualifying cues.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor photo on a grassy field beside a silver SUV and a parked motorcycle. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-beaded necklace and pendant stands barefoot at the centre, hands folded, beside a bed of grey ash and brick-ringed ground. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts sit or bend over, one tending brass vessels and steel pots on the ground; a young girl in a green dress stands nearby. Several men in pink and cream shirts and dhotis stand in the background. Other people are priests and devotees in white ritual dress.2005-11-14Outdoor photo of a cremation site on open grass: a bed of grey ash and charred material ringed by red bricks on reddish earth. A tall figure with long dark hair and an orange saffron robe, wearing a gold-coloured beaded necklace, stands at the edge of the ash pit looking down. Behind, a white-robed man with a shaved head, a man in white dhoti and a man in a pink shirt and grey trousers stand near a silver SUV and another parked vehicle. At the right edge, a man in white clothes with an orange shawl stands near a row of terracotta pots. A stick lies on the ground at left.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14