Raja Ravi Varma was closely associated with the Parsi community from Mumbai and painted several portraits and scenes from their lives. This painting describes the Parsi wedding ritual and how the ladies in waiting are dressing the bride before the ceremony can commence. Ravi Varma and his brother C Raja Raja Varma were keen observers of various customs and rituals, which is apparent in the clothes and ceremonial objects that they painted and which are used during a Paris wedding.
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