Indian brides arrive for a mass marriage ceremony for eight couples in New Delhi, India. (AP/Altaf Qadri)
Couples have been married in a mass wedding in New Dehli.
Mass weddings in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help the economically challenged families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities.
(Pictures: AP Altaf Qadri).
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