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A Hindu wedding ritual photographed indoors. A bride in a red and gold sari with gold jewellery, a maang tikka and a jasmine and pink flower garland sits beside a groom in a white shirt and white dhoti wearing a similar garland. The groom holds a coconut with yellow marigold wrapping while a priest with a bare upper body and white cloth is seated before them. A brass lamp with a lit flame and a brass kalasha or pot stand in the foreground, with a red and yellow flower garland and a stack of fresh flowers. A standing woman in a red sari is visible behind, with a white draped backdrop and a gold-coloured stand on the right.

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September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16A traditional Hindu wedding ceremony with a bride and groom seated side by side on the floor. The bride wears a red and gold silk sari, gold jewellery, a maang tikka and a garland of pink, white and green flowers with apples. The groom wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a matching flower garland. Their hands are joined over a coconut held in a brass or gold-coloured vessel with bundles of grass. A priest with a bare chest sits at left beside a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. A woman in a green sari and another in a red and gold sari attend them from behind, and brass kalasha pots sit at the bottom edge.2013-09-16A Hindu wedding ritual in progress indoors before a white draped backdrop. A bride in an orange-red sari with pink and white garlands and a forehead ornament sits beside a groom in white dhoti and shirt with a pink and white garland, holding a coconut. A priest bent low in a white dhoti with a green-and-orange border tends the ritual. A tall brass lamp with a horse-figure finial, brass pots, coconuts, green leaves, banana leaves and a small oil lamp fill the foreground. Two people sit and one standing assistant is partly visible at right.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16A wedding ceremony photograph showing a bride and groom seated side by side on the floor, both wearing thick garlands of pink, white, yellow and green flowers with red apples or fruit strung through them. The bride wears a red-and-gold sari, gold necklace, maang tikka, gold bangles and earrings, and holds rice grains in her hands. The groom wears a white shirt and white dhoti with a gold border, and his palms are held out over offerings. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands at left, and an older woman in a red-gold sari stands behind the couple. A yellow cloth with red kumkum sits in the foreground.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16A wedding ceremony photographed indoors against a white drape. A bare-chested priest in a green and white shawl and white dhoti sits at the lower left beside a tall brass oil lamp with a lit flame and a small figurine finial. He holds a coconut toward a couple. The bride wears a red and gold sari, gold jewellery, a maang tikka and a garland of white, pink and red flowers with fruit. The groom wears a white shirt and a matching flower garland and receives the coconut. Behind them stand a woman in a red and gold sari and a young woman in a white sari with gold necklace and earrings. A small tray of marigolds and rice grains lies in the foreground. A caption at the bottom right reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16