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Basing -- A Wedding Headgear made with Pith Wedding headgear worn by Halakki farmers
	Mass Weddings at Dharmasthala Multiple marriages to save wedding costs and to promote caste harmony are often held in India
Konkani Bride Picture of Sunita Kamat, the town of Ankola
	Wedding Reception, India People in festive attire eating on plantain-leaves. Wedding of Vibha Kamat and Vivek Shanbhag, 1991
Martial Rituals During a Kodava Wedding The Kodavas are a warrior community and their wedding rituals involve symbolic warfare
	Decorating the Bride A bride getting ready for the traditional Coorgi wedding
Anxious Groom
	A Coorgi Bride Carrying Water
Wedding without the Bride When Kamat went to attend this wedding, he discovered that there was no bride! Absentee marriages are quite common in some Muslim communities of India.
	The Newly Weds in Traditional Wedding Attire
Accepted Marital Norms Within Families Chart shows which of the marriages among cousins is allowed by the Indian traditions
	The Bride of India An Indian bride in all her finery. Notice the elaborate designs on her hands, and jewelry made with golden coins.
Hindu Symbolic Marriage Eloping couple exchange garlands under a tree. Illustration from Sougandhika Parinaya
	Decorations of a Bride
Boy Meets Girl Depiction of a Hindu wedding in a Maithili painting
	Konkani Bride and Groom Wedding of Tulasidas Kamat, 1980
Guests at a Hindu Wedding
	Shiva Arrives for His Wedding Detail from Lepakshi painting shows women with arati welcoming bridegroom Shiva. Notice a kubja a with kalash

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