"cremation rite"

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1 December 2025

Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah and his brother perform the last rites of their late father, Dr. Ramnarayan Shah, during the funeral at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 1, 2025. Family members, relatives, and well-wishers gather to pay their final respects during the cremation rituals.

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1 December 2025

Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah and his brother perform the last rites of their late father, Dr. Ramnarayan Shah, during the funeral at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 1, 2025. Family members, relatives, and well-wishers gather to pay their final respects during the cremation rituals.

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26 August 2025

Mourners wade through floodwaters as they carry a dead body for cremation at Daraganj Ghat in Prayagraj, India, on August 26, 2025, as water levels of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers rise following monsoon rainfalls.

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26 August 2025

Mourners wade through floodwaters as they carry a dead body for cremation at Daraganj Ghat in Prayagraj, India, on August 26, 2025, as water levels of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers rise following monsoon rainfalls.

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22 November 2024

Tumpa Das, age 29, gestures before the cremation of a dead body in a furnace in a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in the South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, after her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman Dom single-handedly handles the work traditionally dominated by men. From registering the names of the dead to cremation, the work of the furnace is managed by this young woman alone.

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22 November 2024

Tumpa Das, age 29, gestures before the cremation of a dead body in a furnace in a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in the South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, after her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman Dom single-handedly handles the work traditionally dominated by men. From registering the names of the dead to cremation, the work of the furnace is managed by this young woman alone.

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22 November 2024

Tumpa Das, age 29, waits before the cremation of a dead body in a furnace in a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, after her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman, a Dom, single-handedly handles the work typically dominated by men. From registering the names of the dead to cremation, the work of the furnace is managed by this young woman alone.

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22 November 2024

Tumpa Das, age 29, prepares a death certificate while cremating a dead body in a furnace inside a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, after her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman, a Dom, single-handedly handles the work typically dominated by men. From registering the names of the dead to cremation, the work of the furnace is managed by this young woman alone.

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22 November 2024

Tumpa Das, age 29, stands in front of her house during the cremation of a dead body in a furnace at a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, after her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman, a Dom, single-handedly handles the work typically dominated by men. From registering the names of the dead to cremation, the work of the furnace is managed by this young woman alone.

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22 November 2024

Tumpa Das, age 29, prepares a death certificate while cremating a dead body in a furnace inside a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, after her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman, a Dom, single-handedly handles the work typically dominated by men. From registering the names of the dead to cremation, the work of the furnace is managed by this young woman alone.

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22 November 2024

Tumpa Das, age 29, prepares a death certificate while cremating a dead body in a furnace inside a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, after her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman, a Dom, single-handedly handles the work typically dominated by men. From registering the names of the dead to cremation, the work of the furnace is managed by this young woman alone.

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14 December 2022

Nepali police stand guard near the body of a high-caste man of importance along the bank of the Bagmati River as preparations are made for his cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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14 December 2022

Nepali police stand guard over the body of a high-caste man of importance along the bank of the Bagmati River as preparations are made for his cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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14 December 2022

Body of a high-caste man of importance on a stretcher along the bank of the Bagmati River as preparations are made for his cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.

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#9314726

14 December 2022

Funeral pyre waits to receive the body of a high-caste man of importance for cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Along the Bagmati River next to the Pashupatinath Temple complex are ten allocated spaces for cremation and all day funerals are being held. The bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus.

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#9314728

14 December 2022

Relatives wait at a funeral pyre along the bank of the Bagmati River for a body to finish burning during a cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. To burn a body fully takes an estimated 4 hours and hundreds of kilos of wood using butter as fuel. Along the Bagmati River next to the Pashupatinath Temple complex are ten allocated spaces for cremation and all day funerals are being held. The bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus.

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