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Indoor photo of a wedding-style ceremony (Pada Puja / Tirukalyanam setting) in a seated audience hall. In the foreground, a man in a cream dhoti and shawl wearing a multi-strand red and white flower garland and rudraksha-style beads sits beside a woman in a green sari. Behind them, a man in a beige kurta and glasses ties a red thread on a man in white with a marigold garland, while a woman in orange and another in white assist. Audience members in white with red shawls sit and stand in the background. Ceremonial details include a green leaf plate with offerings at lower right.

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