Sacred moments of an Indian marriage - II/VI

Posted by Shuva Brata Deb (Bangalore, India) on 21 August 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture.

Aravind Perumal from India

The beauty of the photo is no face is covered. :-)

21 Aug 2007 2:25pm

ChaCha from United States

whats going here...are they praying???...
nice framing anyways

21 Aug 2007 4:15pm

@ChaCha: The one with the bald (semi-bald) head is the priest conducting the marriage ritual. At this moment, I think the husband (right most) is either blessing the bride or making a promise in the name of his life-partner while the prients chants the scriptures.

Rabbit from Richmond, United States

a darling special moment captured here.

21 Aug 2007 6:36pm

Rags from Plano, United States

Hi Shuva, what are they doing in the image?

22 Aug 2007 2:26am

@Rags: The one with the bald (semi-bald) head is the priest conducting the marriage ritual. At this moment, I think the husband (right most) is either blessing the bride or making a promise in the name of his life-partner while the prients chants the scriptures.

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