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Outdoor wedding ceremony under a tin-roofed canopy at an ashram-style courtyard. Decorated pillars wrapped in red, blue and yellow patterns with dove motifs flank the scene. A central figure in saffron/orange robes sits behind a teal cloth covered with flower petals, fruit, brass plates and lamps, leading the ritual, with a microphone before them. A bride in orange and gold sari and a groom in white dhoti with orange shawl sit before the offerings, both wearing garlands. Seated guests in white plastic chairs, some with flower garlands, watch, and a cameraman stands at right. Banana leaves and marigold garlands decorate a deity murti shrine at the back. Several men in white and orange sit or stand nearby. Visible people: approximately 15 to 20.

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