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A photograph of a wedding-related ceremony indoors on a light tiled floor. In the foreground, a smiling young man in a cream and gold embroidered sherwani with a brown-orange shawl sits beside an older man with a shaved head and vibhuti on his forehead, wearing thick glasses, a white shirt, a red-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. The older man leans forward and touches the young man's hand or knee. Behind them, women in colourful silk saris with gold jewellery and a flower garland in the hair watch, and a child in white sits at the right edge.

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