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Outdoor ceremony under a tent with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a white flower garland, seated on a red cushioned seat, with an offering of sweets and flowers in front. A man in white shirt and dhoti stands with palms pressed together, beside a woman in a cream-coloured sari with red-and-white garlands, who also has her hands folded. Behind them a woman in cream clothing smiles beside a man in white with a garland. A cameraman in white lifts a camera overhead, and a man in white with an orange scarf stands at the right near a microphone stand. Several people in white and orange stand in the background among palm trees and hanging yellow flowers.

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