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A photograph of a wedding ritual in a temple hall. A seated figure in an orange-saffron robe with a long gold ceremonial necklace and long dark hair drapes a red-and-gold cloth over the shoulders of a kneeling bride in a red patterned veil. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure with long swept-back hair, saffron robe and gold necklace matches the page's Swamiji attribution, and he sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne. The kneeling groom wears a cream sherwani and red-and-yellow turban. Pink flower petals lie on the floor, a fellow monk in orange stands at right holding a tray, and a cameraman in white stands at left. Seated devotees in white and pastel kurtas watch, with a boy in beige at left. Garlands of marigolds and red roses decorate the throne and railings.

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