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Photograph of a funeral ritual in a room with pink and white walls and a barred window. A stainless steel bier, draped in white cloth and piled with garlands of marigolds, roses and green leaves, dominates the foreground, with brass lamps, kalasha-style vessels, plates of offerings and scattered petals on the red floor. A long-haired person in a saffron-orange robe with a yellow-gold beaded necklace stands behind the bier. Two women in white sit behind, one at the bier's side. Visible marker writing on the bier reads in Tamil script. Appearance cues for the central figure are not sufficiently distinctive to confirm an identity, so the person is described by role only.

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