Photo Details
| Date Taken |
| Nov 18, 2015 |
| Date Uploaded |
| Aug 15, 2016 |
| Location |
| Kolkata, Bengal, India |
| Camera |
| HTC HTC D616w |
| Focal Length |
| 3.5 mm |
| Shutter Speed |
| 100008/1000000 sec |
| Aperture |
| f/2.4 |
| ISO |
| 192 |
| Copyright |
| © Priyanka Nandy |
| Categories |
| Culture, People, Places |
| Assignments |
| Our World in Motion |
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Bengali wedding.
3 years, 2 monthsOne of the rituals of Bengali wedding where the bride sits on a wooden stool called a pidi/piri, and is carried to the mandap by her brothers or uncles. The bride is not supposed to see her groom when she enters the mandap, so she has to keep her eyes covered with sacred beetle leaves. Keeping her lifted up on the stool, her brothers’ then walk around the groom seven times.