The funeral ceremony by cremation of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Monks bring wood as fuel for the fire. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.

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Size: 6208px × 4787px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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