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Outdoor cremation pyre of stacked wooden logs ringed by red bricks on a bare red-earth ground, with a pinkish powder marking the base. A figure in an orange-red robe bends over the pyre, apparently tending or lighting it. A young man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left holding a tray. Seated devotees in white and a few in orange robes line the field, with vans, cars and a hill in the background and colourful prayer flags at left.

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November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14An outdoor cremation pyre of stacked logs set on a ring of red bricks on bare red earth, with pink-tinted powder marking the ground around it. A standing woman in an orange sari with orange shawl and beaded necklace stands at the back of the pyre. Seated in rows on the grass to the left and right, a crowd of people in white clothes and several men in orange robes sit facing the pyre, with a man in white kneeling at the left holding a tray. A row of parked vehicles, vans and cars sits in the background, with forested hills beyond. A strip of multicoloured bunting hangs from poles at the left edge.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on an open grass field at KAILASA in Kacharapattu, Tiruvannamalai. A tall pyre of stacked logs sits on a brick platform with pink-tinged offerings at its base. A figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair stands at the pyre with one arm raised high. A man in white dhoti and shirt holds a tray at left. Along the right, rows of seated people in orange and white clothing sit on the grass, with parked white vans, buses and cars behind them and wooded hills in the distance under a hazy sky. A small purple logo appears at upper left.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation ceremony on dry red earth. A large pyre of stacked logs sits on a low brick base, with a bare-chested or orange-clad figure bent over it. A standing man in white dhoti and white shirt holds a metal tray. Seated rows of men in white and saffron-orange robes watch from the grass, with parked vans, trucks and a small hill in the background. Colourful prayer flags hang on a pole at left. Visible people number roughly 30-40, so the crowd falls in the 21-100 range.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre on red earth beside a grassy field, with smoke rising from a stacked wood pyre set on brick supports and decorated with yellow marigold petals at its base. Two men stand near the pyre: a bare-chested-to-shin figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, and a man in white clothes holding a long stick to tend the fire. A woman in an orange sari stands behind them, and a line of seated people in white clothes watches from the left. Parked vans and cars and forested hills stand in the background under a pale sky. The men do not show distinctive a person cues, so they are described by role only.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14