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A Hindu wedding ceremony performed in an open courtyard beside a stone temple wall. A bride in an orange-red silk sari with gold jewellery and flower garlands sits with her head bowed before a fire pit (homa) with ritual offerings. Beside her, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a white flower garland sits close to her. A seated priest in white clothes gestures, and a row of seated and standing devotees in white, orange and saffron clothes behind them raise their hands. A brass lamp stand, a tray of oranges and flower-filled plates sit in the foreground, and a red curtain hangs on the left.

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December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26July 09 20092009-07-09December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A Hindu wedding ritual in an outdoor courtyard. A bride in a deep orange silk sari with gold jewelry, a maang tikka and jasmine and marigold garlands sits cross-legged beside a groom in white dhoti and shawl with a garland, holding a thread-like ritual cord raised in his hand. Before them is a small brick fire pit with flower petals, and a brass oil lamp stands nearby with orange fruit on a mat. Seated devotees behind them wear saffron, orange and pink saris and white shirts, and a man in an orange shawl sits at right. A pink umbrella and carved stone pillar frame the scene.2008-12-26A Vedic wedding ceremony held in an open courtyard with a crowd seated on mats along the back wall. In the foreground, a bride in an orange-red sari with a marigold garland sits beside a groom in white with a floral garland, both seated before a fire pit and brass trays of offerings. A man in an orange robe sits on the far right, and another orange-robed figure sits at the center facing the couple. Brass plates hold dried sticks, fruit, flowers and marigolds, and a white-clad woman with a yellow dupatta sits in the lower left. Spectators in saris and white clothing sit in rows behind them.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copies