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A South Indian wedding ritual photograph. A bride in an orange and gold silk sari with gold jewellery and a maang tikka sits with her palms joined over a brass vessel, next to a groom in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl. Both wear pink, white and green flower garlands. Behind them stands a woman in a red and gold saree, and at right a priest with a shaved forehead marking and bare shoulders performs the ceremony. Brass kalasha pots, flowers and a bundle of grass lie in the foreground against a white draped backdrop.

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September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16A wedding ceremony photographed indoors. A bride in a deep orange silk sari with gold jewellery, a maang tikka and a long white and pink flower garland sits beside a groom in white dhoti and shirt, also wearing garlands of red, pink and white flowers, who lifts a yellow thread during the ritual. Two priests in white dhoti sit facing them, one at left beside a brass oil lamp with a lit flame and a kalasha pot with mango leaves in front. Two women in colourful silk saris stand behind the couple, and a bundle of grass and red-and-yellow flowers lies at the bride's side.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16