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Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate. There are a number of rituals and ceremonies that take place during the wedding.

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Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate. There are a number of rituals and ceremonies that take place during the wedding.

ceremony · flowers

Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate. There are a number of rituals and ceremonies that take place during the wedding.

ceremony · flowers

Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate. There are a number of rituals and ceremonies that take place during the wedding.

ceremony · flowers

Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate. There are a number of rituals and ceremonies that take place during the wedding.

ceremony · flowers

Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate. There are a number of rituals and ceremonies that take place during the wedding.

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Hindu priest making cotton wick to lit oil lamp for Maha Abhshek during Maha Shivrati in Delhi.

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Devotees perform the purification ritual by pouring holy water, oil on Shiv Ling phallus during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi.

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Groom's mother offer a glass of milk to his son as part of a Bengali wedding rituals in Assam. Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people.

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Headgear or Topor being put on groom's head by his uncle on a wedding day. A topor is a type of conical headgear traditionally worn by grooms as part of the Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony.

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Pandit performing wedding rituals on groom at a Bengali wedding ceremony. Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate.

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Devotees pay tribute to Shiv Linga by bestowing betel leaves and offering fruits during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi.

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Devotees pay tribute to Shiv Linga by bestowing betel leaves and offering fruits during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi.

ceremony · railway

Devotees chanting devotional songs during Maha Shivratri at Shri Jaganath Mandir in Delhi. The day Lord Shiva, the Destroyer, is believed to have married his consort Parvati, the mother goddess, Shiaivites or the followers of Lord Shiva cel…

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Hindu devotees offer prayer and performing aarti ritual during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi. The day Lord Shiva, the Destroyer, is believed to have married his consort Parvati, the mother goddess, Shiaivites or the followers of Lord Shiva celeb…

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Devotees pay tribute to Shiv Linga by pouring milk, bestowing betel leaves and offering fruits during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi.

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Devotees offering prayers with incense sticks and perform rituals during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi.

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Devotees offering prayers with incense sticks and perform rituals during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi.

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Devotees offering prayers and perform rituals to Lord Shiva during Maha Shivratri in Delhi. The day Lord Shiva, the Destroyer, is believed to have married his consort Parvati, the mother goddess, Shiaivites or the followers of Lord Shiva ce…

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Devotees lined up to pay tribute to the Shiv Linga by pouring milk, bestowing betel leaves and offering fruits during Maha Shivratri in Delhi.

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Devotees pay tribute to the snake god and Shiv Linga / Shivling by pouring milk, bestowing betel leaves and offering fruits during Maha Shivratri / Mahashivratri in Delhi.

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Devotees line up to pay tribute to the Shiv Linga by pouring milk, bestowing betel leaves and offering fruit during Maha Shivaratri in Delhi.

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Birds of a Delhi garden: Red-whiskered and Red-vented Bulbuls on a Subabul tree and eating Chinese Oranges. Don't they find them sour? A Green Barbet also joins in for the Chinese Orange repast! Not her usual fare of figs...