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A photograph of a wedding blessing inside a temple hall with stone pillars. A man in a sannyasi's saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, with a shaved head and vibhuti marks, touches the forehead of a groom wearing a white turban and white shirt. The groom has a red tilak on his forehead and wears a multicoloured garland of white flowers, red blossoms and green leaves. Beside him a bride in white with a hair ornament and jewelled earrings holds the garland. Onlookers stand behind, including a young man in a blue checked shirt and an older man in a white shirt. A hand holding a small green object appears at the right edge.

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