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A photograph of an indoor engagement ceremony in a pale pink room with a dark maroon curtain and wooden panel behind. Seated on the floor at the centre, a couple receives garlands; the woman in a maroon and gold sari with a white flower garland sits beside a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a white garland, while a man in a grey-and-orange sari and another woman in red and gold sit nearby with pooja items and a brass plate. Standing on the right, a man in an all-white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds his hands together in prayer, next to a man in a white dhoti with a yellow paper, and a bald man in an orange cloth. Other guests in white dhotis, a woman in blue silk sari and a woman in a maroon sari stand nearby. Mood is formal and ceremonial.

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