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A wedding ceremony photograph in a decorated room. A bride in a green silk sari with a gold border and jasmine in her hair bends forward, pouring or offering from a brass vessel over a seated groom in white dhoti and shirt wearing a garland of pink, red and white flowers. A smiling bride in an orange-red sari and floral garlands sits beside him. An older bare-chested man in a green shawl and white dhoti sits at left, smiling. Women in colourful saris and a man in a white shirt stand around, and a steel bowl with turmeric or rice powder sits on the floor.

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September 16 20132013-09-16A wedding ceremony photographed in a decorated hall. In the centre, a groom in white dhoti and a white headdress with gold trim, wearing layered floral garlands of white, pink and red, sits on the floor with henna-decorated hands held out. Beside him a bride in a red and gold silk sari with a pink and white garland and gold bangles extends her hands in the same gesture. A woman in a green blouse and dark sari with a gold border leans in, holding a flat piece of paper or leaf above the couple's hands. On the left, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a green shawl and rudraksha-style beads sits smiling beside a metal bowl with a small lamp and papers. Behind them, standing family members and guests in saris, a man in white with a gold-bordered shawl, and a girl in red and pink watch the ritual. Offering trays and sweets lie on the floor in front.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16A wedding ceremony indoors on a white floor with scattered petals. A bride in an orange-red silk sari with gold jewellery and flower garland sits at right, clasping hands with a groom in white dhoti and white head cloth with gold border, who wears a flower garland. A woman in a green sari with a jasmine flower in her hair leans forward, joining hands with the couple. Behind them, older women in saris and an older man in white stand and watch. At left, a seated man in a white dhoti and green shawl, with rudraksha beads, smiles. Before them sit a metal bowl of rice or grains and a tray with offerings and a sweet, marking a Hindu wedding ritual.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16A wedding ceremony in a decorated hall with white drapes and orange-yellow flowers. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a green and gold shawl kneels at a steel vessel, while a bride in a red and gold sari with jasmine and pink flower garlands sits on the floor beside a groom in white dhoti and shirt wearing a turban-style headpiece and garlands. The groom's white cloth is held up as a partition. Nearby stand a blue-saried woman, a pink-saried girl, a woman in a green sari bending in, and other guests in colourful saris and white shirts. In front are brass trays with turmeric, kumkum and offerings.2013-09-16A South Indian wedding ritual photographed indoors. A priest bare-chested in a white dhoti and a green-and-gold shawl reaches toward a bride and groom, holding a white cloth stretched between them over their heads. The groom wears a white dhoti and shirt with a cream-and-gold turban, and a garland of pink, red and white flowers. The bride wears a red-and-gold silk sari, gold jewellery, a maang tikka and a flower garland, and rests her hand on the cloth. Behind them women in saris in purple, pink, green and blue stand watching, and a metal pot and flower offerings sit on the floor in the foreground.2013-09-16A wedding ritual scene in which a seated man in white dhoti and a white-and-gold turban receives attention from a woman in a green sari with gold border who leans in, applying something to his face. He wears heavy floral garlands in red, pink and white, and a woman in a red-and-gold sari beside him also has garlands. Women in silk saris and jewelry crowd around; a bare-chested priest in a green shawl sits at left beside brass bowls, a tray of kumkum, turmeric and flower offerings. Orange cloth lies on the floor under scattered rice and petals.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16A photograph of a South Indian wedding ceremony indoors, with a bride seated on the floor in a red and gold sari adorned with a garland and gold jewelry, while women gather around her. A woman in a maroon sari and green blouse kneels beside her, and an older woman in a maroon blouse and gold-bordered sari smiles and holds a brass tray of turmeric. A man in a rust-coloured turban and brown dhoti holding a tray stands at left, and a man at right wears white with an orange shawl and white and red flower garlands. Pink and white flowers, hanging orchids and yellow blooms decorate the pillars and curtains behind them.2013-09-16