Cremation

thumb|upright=1.3|An electric cremator in Austria Cremation is a method of final disposition of a corpse through burning.

thumb|Maitland, Cape Town|Maitland Crematorium, [[South Africa.]]

thumb|An Ubud cremation ceremony in 2005

American slave trader, planter, and congressman (1724-1792)

thumb|A shmashana outside an Indian village A shmashana () is a Hindu crematory ground, where dead bodies are brought to be burnt on a pyre. It is usually located near a river or body of water on the outskirts of a village or town; as they are usually located near river ghats, they are also regionally called smashan ghats.

overview of Japanese funerals

Italian geologist (1813-1881)

monument to Indira Gandhi in New Delhi, India