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Outdoor Vedic marriage ritual before a shrine decorated with a deity murti, flower garlands and brass lamps. A bare-chested man in orange cloth with long swept-back hair sits at left, speaking and holding a plate of marigold petals; a standing priest in orange cloth at centre pours offerings over the shrine. A bride in a red-orange sari and a groom in white dhoti with a white shirt and flower garland sit with hands folded before a square fire pit of white bricks with smoke rising. Fruit, bananas, oranges, apples, flower plates and brass vessels lie on the mat. Elderly men in white and orange shawls sit behind. The man at left has distinctive long hair and orange clothing consistent with a person appearance, though this is uncertain.

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