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A wedding ceremony photograph. A bride in a red and orange silk sari with gold jewellery, a gold maang tikka and a long pink, white and green flower garland sits beside a groom in a white shirt and white dhoti, also wearing a multicoloured flower garland of pink, white and yellow blossoms. Both sit on the floor at a ritual setting with a brass oil lamp burning on the left, a clay pot and pale yellow kalasha-like vessels, a sheaf of grass, and a red-yellow floral arrangement in front. Attendants in red and purple silk saris stand behind them. The groom is pouring or handling items in front of him.

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