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Close side view of a bride and groom seated together in traditional Indian wedding attire. The bride wears a red head covering edged with gold embroidery, a gold nose ring, a red bindi with a maang tikka, heavy gold bangles and henna-patterned hands, holding a metal tray of yellow flowers. The groom wears a red and gold patterned turban and a beige embroidered kurta, his palms pressed together in namaste. Both wear red garlands of roses wrapped in clear plastic. A deity murti is not visible; the setting appears to be a temple courtyard with a pale stone wall behind them.

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July 09 20092009-07-09A seated bride and groom perform a wedding ritual at a temple, with their palms pressed together in prayer. The bride wears a red veil and red sari with gold embroidery, a maang tikka on her forehead and a large gold nose ring. The groom wears a red and gold turban, a cream embroidered kurta and a red floral garland around his neck. A brass oil lamp draped with white and red flowers stands at left, and a steel tray of yellow marigold petals sits before them on a striped blue mat. Behind them a person in white and an orange cloth is partly visible, and carved stone panels line the background.2009-07-09A wedding ceremony photograph. The groom wears a red and gold patterned turban with a white feather ornament, a gold-brown embroidered jacket, and a long red rose garland with white flower accents, with a small tilak on his forehead. Beside him, the bride is veiled in a red bandhani-patterned dupatta edged with gold, her hands with henna and bangles clasped with his. In front is a brass tray holding white puffed rice or flakes. Seated behind them are guests in white kurtas and glasses.2009-07-09July 09 20092009-07-09July 09 20092009-07-09A wedding ritual photographed indoors. A groom in a red and gold turban and cream embroidered sherwani with yellow flower garlands sits on the right, reaching out to place a red-and-gold bangled bride's hand, her face covered by a red bandhani-style veil with a mirror-work border, seated on the left. A seated woman in a red-bordered sari with glasses holds a small brass dish and yellow flowers. Behind them stand people in white dhotis and orange shawls, one wearing a rudraksha-style pendant, with an orange saffron cloth draped on a man in the background. A visible rudraksha mala and orange garments suggest a traditional temple wedding ceremony.2009-07-09A photograph of a traditional Hindu wedding ritual. A groom in a cream-gold silk sherwani and a red-and-gold patterned turban stands close to a bride wrapped in a deep red bandhani-patterned veil with white dots, wearing a maang tikka and a red bindi. The groom leans in and his hands hold a thread or mangalsutra-like ornament at her neck while another person's hands and an orange garment appear behind them. Trays of sweets and marigold garlands sit at the lower left. The scene appears to be a marriage rite, with no visible figure identifiable as the a person.2009-07-09July 09 20092009-07-09A wedding ritual photographed at close range. A groom in a red and gold patterned turban and a beige embroidered sherwani with yellow marigold garlands places his hand on the head of a bride draped in a red bandhani veil with gold embroidery and a gold-threaded necklace. Beside them, a woman in a white sari with an orange border and orange shawl, wearing a pendant and gold bangles, leans in to assist. Yellow flowers are scattered across the scene.2009-07-09A wedding ritual photographed indoors. A bride in a red and gold sari with a red veil sits on the floor with her hands folded, her forehead marked with a bindi, wearing bangles and a flower garland. Across from her a groom in a cream and gold embroidered sherwani and red patterned turban ties or adjusts a thread at his hand while a woman in a white sari with orange border and orange shawl leans in to assist. Plates of sweets and yellow flowers sit nearby, along with a stack of sweet boxes at left. A sannyasi in orange cloth stands in the background. a person is not clearly visible.2009-07-09July 09 20092009-07-09Photograph of a wedding ritual inside a temple setting. A seated groom in a cream embroidered sherwani and a red-and-gold turban, with a red-and-white striped scarf draped over his shoulders, holds a betel leaf in his hands. Beside him a bride in a red bandhani veil and gold bangles extends her henna-decorated arm toward him. Behind them standing attendants wear white kurtas with saffron-orange scarves, and a man in a rust-orange kurta stands at right. Seated guests in pastel and pink clothing watch. Marigold petals lie on the mat and a brass puja vessel sits near the couple, with a garland of white flowers at left.2009-07-09