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A South Indian wedding ceremony with a seated groom and bride receiving blessings. The groom wears a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth, a white headband and a garland of white jasmine and red flowers, with his hands folded. The bride, in an orange and gold brocade sari with gold jewellery and a flower-decorated hairstyle, has her head lowered and hands together. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward to touch her hands, while a brass oil lamp stands in the left foreground and women in colourful saris look on from behind. A kalasha-like vessel sits at the bottom edge.

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