A Muslim bride waits for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. A total of 12 Muslim couples took their wedding vows during the mass marriage ceremony organised by a Muslim voluntary organisation, organisers said. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Muslim bride waits for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Muslim brides arrive to attend a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Muslim brides cross a street as they leave for a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Muslim grooms wait for the arrival of their brides during a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Muslim bride gets ready as others wait at a beauty parlour before the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Muslim bride gets her make-up done as others wait at a beauty parlour before the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Muslim bride gets her make-up done as another takes her picture at a beauty parlour before the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai, India, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A bride covers her face as she waits to take her wedding vow at a mass marriage ceremony at Bahirkhand village, Kolkata February 8, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Bride Kalpana, 22, and her groom Bhavin Munjpara, 26, lying in a bed, exchange wedding vows inside a hospital in Ahmedabad, February 17, 2012. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Brides attend a mass marriage ceremony in Kolkata, February 14, 2012. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Brides and grooms pose for pictures during a mass wedding ceremony at Ramlila ground in New Delhi June 15, 2014. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Christina Christian (L), a newly married bride, casts her ballot as her husband Kinjan Tailor stands inside a polling booth during the Gujarat state elections, in Ahmedabad December 17, 2012. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Brides arrive to take their wedding vows at a mass marriage ceremony at Bahirkhand village, Kolkata February 8, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Muslim brides sit as they wait for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad March 21, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Brides stand outside a toilet as they wait for their grooms at the venue for a mass marriage ceremony in Kolkata June 18, 2014. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A couple hold garlands as they say their wedding vows during a mass marriage ceremony at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata, February 6, 2011. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Muslim brides wait during a mass wedding in Mumbai September 18, 2003. (Photo by Sherwin Crasto/Reuters)





Muslim brides wait for their wedding ceremonies to start during a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad November 8, 2009. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Tribal brides hold earthen pots during a mass marriage ceremony at Salbari village on the outskirts of Siliguri May 30, 2009. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A bride gets her make-up done before the start of a mass marriage ceremony at Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi December 17, 2011. (Photo by Parivartan Sharma/Reuters)





Tribal grooms and brides attend a mass marriage ceremony at Salbari village on the outskirts of Siliguri May 30, 2009. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Indian brides sit during a procession before the mass marriages of 44 couples on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya in Bhopal May 11, 2005. (Photo by Raj Patidar/Reuters)