(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki).
Sxity-five couples got married in a mass wedding ceremony in Ahmadabad, India.
Mass weddings in India are organised by social organizations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well asthe customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. (Pictures by (AP/Ajit Solanki).
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