Mass marriages generally organised by social organisations to cut ceremony costs that are common in India with its billion plus population where the custom of dowry and expensive gifts from the bride's family still prevails among certain segments of society.

Brides sit during a mass marriage ceremony.

Bride grooms clad in white sit during the ceremony.

Bride with bangles and henna-decorated hands takes part in the ceremony in Mumbai.

A decked up bride arrives to take part in a mass marriage ceremony.

Bride slips her henna-decorated and bejeweled feet from her sandals.

Bride grooms clad in white.