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A photograph of a wedding ritual at an open-air temple shrine with a grey stone base and an ornate gold-framed niche holding a deity murti draped in red and garlanded with yellow and red flowers. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange sannyasi-style wrap, rudraksha-style necklaces and a bead mala, sits cross-legged on a striped mat at the front, with a microphone before him, appearing to officiate. Opposite him sit a bride in a red veil and embroidered red-and-gold sari, and a groom in cream and gold sherwani with a red-and-gold turban. Before them is a homa-style arrangement of stacked yellow blocks, flower petals, brass vessels and a silver bowl with red blossoms. Red curtains frame the pavilion, and additional seated devotees in orange and red attire are visible at the edges.

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