Pashupatinath cremation ghats alongside the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Arya Ghat cremation pyres, Hindu pilgrimage and cremation site, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Manikarnika Ghat, the main burning (cremation) ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Hindu cremation, funeral pyre, Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Wood for cremation at the burning ghats, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Burning or Cremation Ghats, Varanasi (formerly Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India, Asia

Manikarnika Ghat, the main burning (cremation) ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Sunrise view from Cedar Ridge along the South Kaibab Trail at Grand Canyon Arizona in winter. O'Neill Butte is on the left and Cremation Creek is below in the center. Ooh Aah Point in on the upper right.

Three figures perform cremation on bank of the River Ganges, Varanasi (Benares), India, Asia

Tourists watch body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Body of dead Hindu woman carried in procession in street for funeral pyre cremation by the Ganges, Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

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

Mourners with bodies for Hindu cremation at Harishchandra Ghat crematorium in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Body of dead Hindu carried in procession in street for funeral pyre cremation by the Ganges, Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Mourners with body for Hindu cremation at Harishchandra Ghat electric crematorium in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Tourists watch body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Body bathed in River Ganges and traditional Hindu cremation on funeral pyre at Manikarnika 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

Smoke rising from cremation ceremony on banks of Bagmati River during Shivaratri festival, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Funeral ceremony for cremation, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cremation at funeral ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Musicians at cremation ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

People at cremation, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cremation, funeral rites, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Crematorium, Auschwitz concentration camp, now a memorial and museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Oswiecim near Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Smoke rising from cremation ceremony on banks of Bagmati River during Shivaratri festival, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Cremation ceremony, Ubud region, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Raj Ghat, the site of Mahatma Gandhi's cremation, Delhi, India, Asia

Pashupatinath Cremation site on the Bagmati River, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Graves containing cremation ashes in the wall of Nha Trang Cathedral, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cremation, funeral rites, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Boy recycling wood after a cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Purchang (cremation palace) of h.h. Dilgo khyenste. Bhutan. H.h. Dilgo khyentse rinpoche (1910-1991), tutor to present dalai lama revered as of greatest exponents of dzogchen- teachings of great perfection. Khyentse rinpoche®s purchang (cremation palace), satsam chorten, below paro takstang, bhutan, november 4, 1992 never forget swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or wave of a hand. that have opportunity to practice dharma, do waste a single moment on anything else, practice with your energy.oe h.h. Dilgo khyenste rinpoche, heart treasure of enlightened ones my delight in death is, greater than delight of traders at making vast fortunes at, or of lords of gods vaunt their victory in battle or of those sages have entered rapture of perfect meditative absorbtion. So just as a traveler sets on road when time come to go, i will remain in this world no longer, will dwell in stronghold of great bliss of deathlessness. -longchenpa, fourteenth- century dzogchen master

Family preparing a body for cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva located on the banks of the Bagmati River Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Cremation pyres, Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

A cremation ceremony at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Boys panning in the Bagmati River for gold from teeth and jewellery, after the remains of funeral pyres are tipped into the river, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Cremation ceremony on banks of Bagmati River at Shivaratri festival, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Brahmins at a Hindu cremation ceremony at Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva located on the banks of the Bagmati River Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Indonesia, Bali Island, Princely Cremation On Kuta Beach At Dusk

A cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Indonesia, Bali, Princely Cremation On Kuta Beach, Women Preparing Their Relatives Remains To Be Burnt

Cremation at pashupati nath temple, kathmandu,nepal

Cremation ceremony on banks of Bagmati River at Shivaratri festival, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Indonesia, Bali, Cremation Ceremony, At Fore The Baldachin Used To Carry The Body To The Cremation Place

Indonesia, Bali Island, Cremation Parade

Indonesia, Bali Island, Princely Cremation On Kuta Beach At Dusk

Indonesia, Bali Island, Cremation Parade

Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of a body, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

In first position the rooftop of Manikarnika ghat, general view of ghats rooftops, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

People carry a body, to burn, going to Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Person who recovers wood used in cremation, which has not burned completely, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

A Woman Prays at Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

A Saddhu waves from Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal

Cremation fire at Manikarnika Ghat alongside Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Cremation ceremony for a passed away Jain nun, Palitana, Gujarat, India, Asia

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

Cremation place, Ghats, of Pashupatinath at the holy Bagmati river, Kathmandu, Nepal

Cremation place, Ghats, of Pashupatinath at the holy Bagmati river, Kathmandu, Nepal

Hindu cremation in Bali

Cremation ghat along the Bagmati river, Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Cremation ghat along the Bagmati river, Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Cricket game in front of Burning Ghat cremation ground, Varanasi, India, South Asia

Smoking traditional cremation pyre, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia

Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, cremation site, Rajghat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, North India, India, Asia

OLYMPUS Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, CAMERA, India, Asia

Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Ritual cremation on the stairs on the Ganges River, Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Memorial stone, Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Memorial stone, Devi Kund Sagar, Chattris, cremation grounds of the Maharajas of Bikaner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Cremation Ceremony Of Former King Of Mustang, Teku, Nepal

A Cremation Ceremony Of Former King Of Mustang In Teku, Nepal

Khen Rimpoche From Tsarang Conducts Religious Ceremony At Cremation Of Jiigme Palbar Bista

Balinese men carrying the wadah, a temple-shaped structure made of paper and light wood, containing the ashes of the deceased in a funeral procession to deposit the ashes in the Unda river following the Ngaben or Cremation Ceremony, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia

Girl at a Ngaben or Cremation Ceremony, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia

Ireland, County Sligo, Tawnatruffaun, Portal Tomb.

Ireland, County Sligo, Carrowmore, Dolmen at Carrowmore Megalithic site 4000 BC approx.

Ireland, County Sligo, Carrowmore, Dolmen at Carrowmore Megalithic site 4000 BC approx.