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Every photo here is used under a free licence (Creative Commons BY, BY-SA or CC0) and credited on the image and on this page. Photos of places show the real place. Photos of customs, food and décor are illustrative: they are not weddings Kalyan Co planned. On sample venue listings, the photo shows the area around the listing, not the venue.



A houseboat near Nedumudy, Kerala backwaters
Photo by Ingo Mehling
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized


A kalash and lamps set out for an engagement ceremony
Illustrative photo by AmanAgrahari01
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A Kathakali performance in Munnar
Illustrative photo by Ingo Mehling
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A lit nilavilakku, the Kerala oil lamp
Illustrative photo by Vinayaraj
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A Portuguese-era house in Fontainhas, Panaji, Goa
Photo by iMahesh
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A sadya on a banana leaf
Illustrative photo by Ramesh NG from Bangalore, INDIA
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Amber Fort seen from Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur
Photo by Jakub Hałun
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Backwaters near Nedumudy, Alappuzha district, Kerala
Photo by Ingo Mehling
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized





Chenda melam drummers at a function
Illustrative photo by Mamichaelraj
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Elephants at the Ramganga river, Corbett Tiger Reserve
Photo by A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF
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Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple, Kerala, where many families hold weddings
Photo by Ms Sarah Welch
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Fontainhas, the Latin quarter of Panaji, Goa
Photo by iMahesh
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Hair-crested drongo, Jim Corbett National Park
Photo by Giles Laurent
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Houseboats on the Kerala backwaters
Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg
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Indian peafowl, Jim Corbett National Park
Photo by Giles Laurent
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Jaleb Chowk, Amber Fort, outside Jaipur
Photo by Jakub Hałun
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Lakshman Jhula from the river, Rishikesh
Photo by KaustubhNayyar
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Lower Aguada Fort and Sinquerim beach, North Goa
Photo by iMahesh
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Marigold garlands
Illustrative photo by Thamizhpparithi Maari
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Mehndi designs on both hands
Illustrative photo by AKS.9955
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Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple during Lakshadeepam, Thiruvananthapuram
Photo by Arun RJ
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Tea plantations at Mattupetty, Munnar
Photo by Ingo Mehling
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The Aravalli hills outside Udaipur
Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg
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The jaimala, or garland exchange
Illustrative photo by Sumita Roy Dutta
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The Kaveri at Dubare forest, Coorg
Photo by Ashwin Geet Dsa
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Turmeric paste for the haldi ceremony
Illustrative photo by Debapriya Manna
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Udaipur and the Aravalli hills from the City Palace
Photo by Navneet Sharma
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Vows on the Bible at a Kerala Catholic wedding
Illustrative photo by കാക്കര
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Photos are resized and compressed for the web; nothing else is changed. Photos under a share-alike (BY-SA) licence remain under that licence. If you took one of these photos and want the credit changed or the photo removed, write to us and we will do it the same day.


