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A ROYAL MARRIAGE IN INDIA. There is no country in the world in which marriage is not made the occasion of a ceremony more or less imposing. In the gorgeous East, where ceremonial forms an important part of life, the taking of a wife is a performance accompanied by particularly ornate and elaborate formalities. We here have a view outside the palace of thulate Maharajah of Mysoreon the festive occasion of the marriage of that very important prince. Thebridalcar.it will be observed, is the howdah of an elephant, and it cannot be denied that it is difficult to find a more dignified and splendid equipage than the gallantly-decorated chamber borne high on the back of the royal elephant. |
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| Date | between 1897 and 1899 | ||
| Source | The Queen's Empire. Volume 4. Cassell & Co., London | ||
| Author | Various authors for Cassell & Co. | ||
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