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Indoor evening ceremony in a plain room with white walls and a ceiling fan. A glass-sided casket draped in white cloth sits on the right, decorated with a heap of white and magenta flower garlands. Oil lamps burn on the floor in front of it. Seated devotees in saffron and white clothing sit on the floor; a bare-chested man with long dark hair and rudraksha beads, wearing an orange wrap, sits at the left edge, and seated people in orange and white surround the casket. A cameraman in a white polo shirt films from a tripod on the right. A wall calendar and framed pictures hang on the walls, and a portrait is visible beside a doorway. The scene reads as a funeral rite for a deceased person.

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November 13 20052005-11-13Photo inside a small whitewashed room lit by a harsh flash, with a glass-fronted casket draped in white cloth at the centre, covered in garlands of marigolds and roses. A framed portrait labelled with a printed caption on the right shows a smiling elderly man in white, garlanded with a red and white flower chain. Several seated people in saffron-orange robes sit on the floor at left, including a bald man at far left with garlands and a figure in orange in the centre. A man in white stands holding a long fan-like ceremonial implement, and a man in a striped shirt stands behind a video camera on a tripod. Brass puja vessels sit on the floor near the casket, and a white-clad attendant sits at lower right. A ceiling fan and a water cooler sit in the background.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 14 20052005-11-14Indoor ceremony in a whitewashed room with a glass-walled casket or box in the centre, draped in white cloth and surrounded by flower garlands and a lit oil lamp at its base. On the right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with a red-and-white garland is set against the wall. A man in orange and saffron clothing with long hair and rudraksha beads stands at the left holding ceremonial rods, while seated devotees in orange, white and saffron attire sit around, some with hands folded in prayer. A cameraman with a tripod-mounted camera films from the doorway. Bright light flares from the ceiling.2005-11-13Night photograph of a dimly lit room during a final funeral rite. A body wrapped in a red and gold cloth lies on a low platform in the foreground. A seated sannyasi in saffron robes, with an orange head wrap and a long rudraksha mala, sits near oil lamps and brass vessels. Other saffron-clad men sit close by, and a standing man in white clothes with a gold-bordered shawl films the scene on a tripod-mounted video camera. Tall ceremonial staves with decorative tops stand upright. Devotees in white sit along the walls and in the foreground. A ceiling fan turns above, and a framed colourful picture hangs on the right wall.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 14 20052005-11-14 +1 copiesNovember 13 20052005-11-13A photograph of an indoor ceremony in a small, whitewashed room lit by a bright overhead lamp. In the foreground, a figure with long hair and orange clothing and a beaded mala stands beside several seated people in orange and white. A glass-sided case holds a shrouded body, decorated with white and purple flower garlands, with a small oil lamp burning in front. On the right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" wears a garland and shows a smiling man in a white turban and orange robe. A cameraman in a light shirt films from behind a tripod on the right. Long bamboo poles stand upright in the room, and devotees with folded hands sit on the floor.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13