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Arranged Marriage | Gold Wedding | Chikmagalur, India

Checking her hair in a mirror before getting married Nagavi waits to be married. This is an arranged marriage between two coffee plantation owner families 5 hours from Bangalore in Chikmagalur, India.  The girl’s family approached the wealthier coffee plantation family and was accepted.  She is wearing the wedding jewelry of her extended family.