Twilight Funeral Pyre Smoke Over Delhi Ghats

Thick grey smoke rises from a burning funeral pyre on stone steps, drifting horizontally across the calm water of a cloister garden in Delhi. The dry season leaves the riverbed exposed in patches of cracked earth while the sky holds a soft, fading violet hue. Reflected light from the dying sun illuminates the wet stone ghats, creating a mirror effect that doubles the dark silhouette of the flames. Heavy clouds break apart in the background, allowing shafts of pale orange light to cut through the haze. The smoke moves steadily toward the right, following the leading lines of the stepped embankment. One ember glows bright orange against the cooling grey stone at the water's edge.