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Photograph of a funeral-rite gathering in a small room with white walls and wooden cabinets. A long-haired man in orange robes with a garland stands at left beside a bed, and several saffron-robed men and seated devotees in white sit on the floor. A glass-sided coffin-like box draped with flower garlands sits at center, with a framed portrait of a bald man in white garlanded with marigolds on the right. A cameraman in a white shirt films beside a tripod, and an orange-robed attendant holds a tall ceremonial staff. The scene suggests a sannyas or final ceremony for a deceased person.

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