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A marriage ceremony under a open-sided canopy with a corrugated roof. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe and sits cross-legged before a low white platform with a microphone, speaking. Beside him, a bride in an orange sari with a flower-wrapped head and a groom in white with an orange sash sit before the platform, both wearing garlands of white and pink flowers. Fruit, including red apples, lemons and bananas, plus flower petals are arranged on the platform. Two older men in white shirts with white garlands sit in the foreground, their backs to the camera. Standing attendants wear white with orange stoles, and a tall pillar decorated with a geometric pattern and a logo-like emblem flanks the scene. A video camera is set up at right.

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February 15 20072007-02-15A photograph of a Vedic marriage ritual held in a hall with a white wall and a mural-style backdrop. In the foreground, a bride in an orange sari with a long braid and white flower garland sits beside a groom in white clothes, both with hands folded. Behind a white brick-built altar decorated with marigolds, fruit, a kalasha-style vessel, and brass lamps, a sannyasi in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Another orange-clad sannyasi with a long golden staff stands near a seated figure on an orange-cushioned chair. Seated devotees in orange, white and yellow clothing fill the room, and a crowd of onlookers sits along the back wall in front of a deity murti display with a golden snake and lamps.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesA Vedic wedding ritual is taking place on a mat-covered floor in a hall, with a white-clad groom and a bride wearing an orange sari and white flower garland seated before a square arrangement of white bricks decorated with yellow flowers. Seated nearby, a figure in orange robes with rudraksha mala and a trident-topped staff leads the rite, while others in orange and white sit in folded-hand prayer. Fruit, oranges, a kalasha-style brass vessel, oil lamps and offerings are arranged on trays in front of the couple. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and orange sits along the walls, and a deity murti stands on a shelf in the background.2008-12-26Photo of a Vedic wedding ritual inside a whitewashed hall with a decorated ceiling of green leaves and paper lanterns. In the foreground a bride with a long plait, white flower garland and orange sari sits beside a groom in white dhoti, both facing a square fire pit (homa) built of white blocks with lit oil lamps, fruit, flowers and kalasha pots. A seated priest in white works near the pit. Behind them, a row of orange-robed sannyasis and devotees in saffron, white and yellow sit on mats; a figure in orange robes and a large rudraksha mala sits on a red cushioned seat near a golden trident and a golden staff. Two saffron-clad men sit with hands folded near the front. Devotees sit along the walls, and small deity murtis and framed portraits are visible at the back. Around 20 people are visible.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A seated homa ceremony in an open hall with a white-tiled fire altar holding a small flame and offering trays of flowers, fruit and red-and-yellow marigolds in the foreground. A man with long swept-back dark hair in saffron-orange robes sits on a raised seat behind a microphone stand, in a probable depiction of a person, with orange-clad assistants and a man in a white shirt with a white floral garland seated opposite. A woman in an orange-and-red sari with a floral garland in her hair sits facing the altar. A row of seated devotees in white and pastel clothes, including children, fills the floor behind, with a cameraman at the left edge and orange-and-white banners on the pillars.2007-02-15Photo of a homa-style ritual at an outdoor temple shrine. Three priests in orange robes sit on a mat at left, one holding a brass plate of flowers and another tending a plate of offerings. Two seated devotees in white ritual clothes with garlands sit at right, a man in white and a woman in orange saree, beside a man in an orange shawl and glasses. Behind them are brass oil lamps and a kalasha, with a fruit offering of oranges, apples, bananas and pineapple spread on the mat. A deity murti decorated with flower garlands stands in the background, and a crowd of onlookers watches from the right. Fire-kindling sticks lie in the foreground.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26