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A photograph of a temple wedding ceremony in a richly decorated hall with painted pillars. Two large deity murtis, a male and female form adorned with gold jewellery and garlands, sit on a golden throne-like seat draped in pink and purple satin, with red, yellow and green flower garlands. On the left, a man in white dhoti and cream-gold turban stands with hands folded. In the centre-right, a man in a white dhoti with gold border and a white shawl, with a garland and a turban, stands beside the murtis with one hand raised near them. A third man in white stands at the far right near another ornate golden seat.

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