INDIA-SOCIETY-MARRIAGE

An Indian bride sits during a mass marriage ceremony for some 187 low-income couples from the India-Pakistan border area at Gurdwara Baba Jallan Dass in the village of Naushehra Dhala, some 50kms from Amritsar on April 15, 2011. Marriage is a costly affair in India prompting some parents to have their children married at mass marriages, allowing them to save money on organisational costs. This mass marriage function was organized by Pehalwan Kanwarjeet Singh Sandhu. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)