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I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ~Emma Goldman

This is a Bengali wedding tradition. In a Bengali wedding the bride and groom sit at separate places till the ceremony begins. At the beginning of ceremony the bride covers her face with betel leaves as she is walked/carried to the place of wedding. After she revolves around the groom 7 times she removes the betel leaves from her face and they both look at each other for the first time under the shade of a cloth/sari, which signifies privacy apparently. After which they exchange garlands and marriage ceremony begins. "Shubho Drishti" means "auspicious sight".
This is I and my husband...feeling shy to lift our eyes just because of all the people!
We will be celebrating 2 years of marital bliss tomorrow!

Immaculate Conception Cathedral is the cathedral mother church for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. It is located in the Union territory of Pondicherry. It is also called as "Samba Kovil" which is a phonetic corruption of "Saint Paul’s Kovil" where "Kovil" means church.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~Satchel Paige, 1974

Taken at Pondicherry.

Snake charming is the practice of pretending to hypnotise a snake by playing an instrument. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of hand. The practice is most common in India, though other Asian nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia are also home to performers, as are the North African countries of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.

From Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_charming

Taken at Mysore Palace