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Indoor ceremony in a hall decorated with flower garlands in pink, red and yellow, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha at the right. A man in a white kurta and dhoti bends forward, hands together, toward a seated groups. A seated man in a red-and-white shawl and gold chain raises one hand, while a bare-chested man with rudraksha beads and a sacred thread sits beside a man in a cream embroidered kurta. Women in saris stand and sit around them, a few men in white dhotis stand at the back, and a cameraman films beside a tripod. Nobody visible is clearly identifiable as a specific person by appearance, so the a person field is unsure.

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