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Outdoor photograph of a large open-air cremation or final ceremony on a grassy field with hills behind. Many seated people in white clothing sit in rows under a multicolored canopy with a blue bird emblem, while buses and cars are parked beyond. On the right, a woman in orange robes stands near a stacked pile of wood for a funeral pyre, and several people in white and orange sit near offerings and a kalasha-like pot. A man in white stands at the far right. A laptop is visible in the lower left foreground.

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November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor ceremony on open grass at a cremation ground, with a large crowd of mostly men in white clothes seated on the ground under a striped canopy decorated with colourful bunting. A tall black speaker stands on a stand near the crowd. In the centre right, a figure in white stands near a raised cremation pyre of logs with a ring of earth around it. Beside them a person in orange robes stands near the pyre, and several people in orange sit nearby. Parked buses, vans and cars line the field, with a green hill in the background under a hazy sky.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on a grassy field before low green hills. A large black canopy with a multicoloured fringe shelters a dense crowd of many dozens of people standing and seated on the left, mostly in white shirts and white dhotis, with some in patterned shirts. On the right, a line of seated people in white clothes faces a wood pyre stacked with logs, while a figure in saffron-orange robes stands nearby and an attendant in a red sari and another in white stand by. Ritual items such as a pot, flowers and offerings lie on the ground near the pyre. Parked buses, vans and cars line the background.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation-ground scene on open grass at KAILASA, Kacharapattu. A large pyre of stacked firewood sits on a reddish earthen platform at centre. A woman in a red sari stands beside the pyre. A man in white clothes stands at left facing the crowd. Many people in white garments sit in rows on the grass, with some in orange or saffron robes among them. Flower garlands in pink, orange and white lie on the ground at right. A tent with coloured bunting shades the left side. Parked vehicles, buses and vans fill the middle distance, with forested hills behind. a person's presence is not visibly confirmed; no candidate is clearly identifiable.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor funeral ceremony on a grassy open field under a pale sky, with palm trees and a distant hill behind. A pile of dry firewood stacked for cremation sits at left. Two saffron-robed priests stand near it, one holding a long ritual staff; another saffron-robed figure stands farther right. Flower offerings and fruit are laid on the grass nearby. Around a hundred men and women in white clothes sit on the ground facing the ceremony, with several seated in front. A decorated canopy with coloured bunting shelters a seated audience to the right, and a small raised platform with a central figure in white stands near the canopy. The scene reflects the final rites for an enlightened soul.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14An outdoor photograph of a cremation ceremony on an open grassy field with a hill range behind. A large crowd of people in white clothes sits on the ground in rows at left and centre, with white vans and cars parked beyond them. A standing figure in a long white robe faces the pyre at centre-right, while two people in orange-red garments stand near a stacked wood pyre. Strings of multicoloured prayer flags are hung on poles over a canopy and loudspeakers stand at left.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ground at KAILASA, Kacharapattu, Tiruvannamalai, with low hills behind. A large crowd of mostly white-clad devotees sits on the grass under a dark canopy strung with coloured pennants on the left. A tall wooden stand with a speaker stands in the centre. On the right, a man in white stands near a raised pyre of wooden logs, and a figure in orange-saffron clothing stands beside a parked white van. Several seated people in white and orange sit near the pyre. Vehicles including buses and a minibus are parked at the edge of the field.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation-site ceremony on open grass with a hazy green hill range behind. Large crowd of seated devotees in white clothes sits on the left under a striped canopy with colourful bunting. A tall speaker stack stands in the foreground. At the right, figures in white and saffron-orange robes stand and sit near a cleared circle with a stacked pile of wood and offerings. Several white minibuses and cars are parked in the background.2005-11-14