Body burning on funeral pyre at Hindu cremation at Manikarnika crematorium Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Body burning on funeral pyre at Hindu cremation at Manikarnika crematorium Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Traditional funeral, untouchable priest of the lowest caste tending pyre, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia

Traditional funeral, people standing around a body on a pyre, while an untouchable priest of the lowest caste spreads wet reed over the body, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia

Cremation, Pashupatinath ghats at Bagmati River, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Hindu cremation in Bali

Smoking traditional cremation pyre, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia

Burning pyres with visible body in a traditional funeral, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia