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A Hindu wedding ritual photographed indoors before a white draped backdrop. A bride in a red and gold silk sari with gold jewellery, bangles and a maang tikka sits with her palms held over a fire vessel, receiving the blessing of the ceremony. Beside her, a groom in white dhoti and shirt with a white shawl and pink, white and green flower garlands offers his hand in a blessing gesture. A priest bare-chested in white cloth stands at left beside a brass lamp with a lit wick, and another priest at right adds offerings. Gold kalasha-style pots, flower garlands and a small fire form the central altar, with a woman in a green and gold sari standing behind.

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