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A photograph of a funeral ceremony in an indoor room with pale walls and wooden window shutters. At the left, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands near tall ceremonial poles hung with fabric. Seated devotees in orange and saffron wraps and white clothes sit on the floor around small flaming oil lamps and fire. In the centre a glass-sided casket holds a shrouded body surrounded by marigold and rose garlands. On the right, a framed portrait labelled with a printed name is garlanded with red and yellow flowers. A cameraman in a white shirt films beside a tripod, and a woman in white with an orange shawl sits at the far right.

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A photograph inside a small room with cream walls and open windows, showing a funeral-style ritual around a glass-sided box holding a draped body, decorated with marigold and rose garlands. A man with long dark hair and a yellow-orange robe with a beaded necklace stands at left, holding a long staff with orange cloth; several people in saffron and orange robes sit on the floor holding oil lamps with flames. Seated devotees in white clothes sit near the box, and a woman in white with an orange shawl sits at right before a framed portrait of a bearded elder garlanded with red and white flowers. A man in a white shirt films with a video camera on a tripod, and a woman in a white sari sits at right with a dark-haired child nearby. Roughly 15 people are visible, including partially visible figures in the foreground.2005-11-13A photograph inside a small room with white walls and a barred window, showing a ritual gathering around a glass-fronted casket draped with flowers. 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