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Outdoor wedding ritual at a temple-style shrine with a grey stone structure and a deity murti decorated with banana-leaf pillars, marigold and yellow flower garlands. A long-haired person in saffron-orange robes sits at left with palms pressed together, facing a homa fire built from white bricks. Beside the fire, a groom in white dhoti with a flower garland and a bride in orange and red sari with a white garland sit with hands folded in prayer. Brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot, fruit, flowers and kumkum plates surround the fire pit. A mic stand and a few other people in white stand at the edges.

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February 15 20072007-02-15Outdoor Hindu marriage ceremony beside a decorated shrine. A person in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair sits at left, leaning forward to tie or pass a sacred thread between a seated man in white shirt with a white and red flower garland and a seated bride in an orange sari with red blouse, gold jewellery, and a white jasmine garland. A small fire burns on a stacked white brick platform scattered with flowers, beside silver vessels and a tray of apples, oranges, and flowers. Behind them stand deity murtis with a marigold and banana-leaf canopy and maroon drapes. Striped decorative poles hang at left.2007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15A marriage ceremony at an outdoor fire pit lined with white blocks and marigold and flower petals. A man with long dark hair in an orange robe, with white marks on his forehead, sits on the left and feeds an offering from a plate of yellow powder into the flames, his hands extended over the fire. Beside him a man in a cream shirt wears white jasmine garlands with red flowers and a rudraksha mala, and a woman in an orange sari with gold bangles and a flower-decorated headpiece sits next to him. A brass vessel and plate sit at left, with a tray of apples and flowers at right and a garland-draped pillar in the background. Three people are visible.2007-02-15