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  • The baraat is the groom's procession at an Indian wedding.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sona Gajiwala 2011

  • The only other time a 'baraat' came to Devda was in 1998, when Shagun's cousin Jayant Kanwar became the first girl to get married in over a century in this village located in the Thar desert.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • It will be a proud moment not just for Panna Singh's family but for the entire Devda village for on Tuesday it will welcome the 'baraat', the traditional groom's wedding procession with all the pomp, colour and festivity that an Indian wedding has to offer.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The only other time a 'baraat' came to Devda was in 1998, when Shagun's cousin Jayant Kanwar became the first girl to get married in over a century in this village located in the Thar desert.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • It will be a proud moment not just for Panna Singh's family but for the entire Devda village for on Tuesday it will welcome the 'baraat', the traditional groom's wedding procession with all the pomp, colour and festivity that an Indian wedding has to offer.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Tiny three-membered cast, instead of the standard full-scale Yashraj 'baraat'.

    Screen News 2009

  • It seems as if a 'baraat' has turned away from the bride's home right after 'dwarachar', "he said.

    The Times of India 2008

  • Muslims have the tradition where the baraat arrives at the grooms house and mehr is given to the brides family.

    Marriage among the malayalees 2008

  • A few hours before the arrival of the baraat the bride dresses up in the traditional bright colored heavily embroidered salwaar-kameez.

    Wedding Bangles 2007

  • He rebranded himself as Maharaja Farm translates to "Great King" Farm, and now offers full-service baraat coordination that can't be found anywhere else in Chicago.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sona Gajiwala 2011

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