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Outdoor cremation ceremony on a grassy field with a red earth patch in the foreground. A large wood pyre with smoke rising sits at center, with marigold-like yellow flowers laid at its base. Dozens of people in white clothes and some in orange and saffron stand and kneel around it, and a man in white at the right of the pyre appears to tend the fire. Green hills and parked white and yellow vehicles fill the background under a hazy sky.

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November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on bare red earth at a rural open ground with parked white vans and a hillside behind. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts tend a wood pyre of logs and bricks, with smoke rising heavily to the right; a body wrapped in white cloth lies atop the pyre. A woman in an orange sari stands at the back of the pyre with hands folded. Behind them a seated crowd in white and light clothing watches under a small striped canopy at left, and marigold petals lie at the base of the pyre.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on a reddish-brown earth clearing at KAILASA in Tiruvannamalai. A stacked wood pyre with flames and heavy smoke sits on a brick base, with yellow flower petals laid in front. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward to tend the fire with a long stick, while another man in white kurta stands beside him. On the left, a figure in saffron-orange robes stands with a shaved head, and a woman in orange sari sits near the pyre. Seated mourners in white clothing fill the grass, with buses and cars parked behind them and wooded hills in the background. Faint pink ritual powder marks the ground near the pyre.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on open grass with a hillside behind and parked white vans and cars at the edge. A large wood pyre burns at right, sending up thick white smoke. A standing figure in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala stands beside the pyre. A bent figure in white dhoti and shirt tends the fire, and another person in white kneels at the lower right. A woman in an orange sari with a gold necklace sits near the pyre. Dozens of men in white clothes sit on the grass in rows watching the rite.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on a red earth clearing with a grassy field and forested hills behind. A man in white dhoti and shirt kneels at the wood pyre, tending it with a long stick as smoke and flames rise. Behind him, a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha-style necklace stands with hands together. Around the pyre, rows of seated men in white clothes watch, and white minivans are parked on the left. Flower petals and marigold-yellow offerings lie near the fire. No one is identified as a person in the visible scene.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on bare red earth at KAILASA land in Tiruvannamalai, with a stacked wood pyre burning and smoke rising beside a hill. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand at the pyre; a man in a saffron-orange cloth and a figure in orange sari-style dress hold ritual items near the fire. A group of white-clad mourners sits on grass at left, with vehicles and a flag on a pole in the background. Yellow marigold flowers lie at the base of the pyre.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on red earth at a ceremony, with a stacked wood pyre emitting heavy white smoke on the right. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left, bending over the pyre with a long stick. Beside him a person in orange-saffron robe and sash stands close to the pyre. Behind them a crowd of men in white clothes sits on grass in rows, with parked vans and buses and a hillside beyond. Marigold or flower petals lie at the pyre's base, and a small colourful flag is at the left edge.2005-11-14