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When Hindus die, where are their ashes scattered?

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Camel market

Tomb of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Green turtles

Snow leopard

Lapis lazuli

River dolphinSacred cow

Taj Mahal

Dancer

Rickshaw

Agra

Delhi

Kolkata (Calcutta)

DHAKA

KABUL ISLAMABAD

India

Afghanistan

Pakistan

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Golden Temple

NEW DELHI

Karachi

Decorated lorry

Southern AsiaSouthern Asia is colourful and crowded. India is the biggest country in the region, with a population of more than a billion.

Elephants on paradeDuring the festival of Puram in southern India, 101 elephants march through the town of Trichur in a grand parade.

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Multan

Quetta

Hyderabad

Chittagong

Surat

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