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A marriage ceremony in a plain whitewashed hall. A man in a white dhoti and shirt with a white and pink flower garland sits in the centre, flanked by an older man with a white beard in white dhoti and garland, and an older woman in a red saree with gold border on the left. A bald man in white dhoti with an orange-saffron shawl kneels near a bride in an orange saree with flower garlands and gold jewellery, who sits beside a groom in white. Fruits, flowers and brass plates are arranged on a teal cloth in front, with a silver vessel on a tray. Onlookers stand and sit along the back wall, including women in sarees.

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