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Tourists in India were invited to a rather strange wedding when two elephants became partners for life.

Workers at a hotel in Kerala state organised the ceremony, which saw 12-year-old Raju marry his ten-year-old bride Rani.

Both animals were dressed up for the occasion, with traditional golden headdresses, while music was played during the hour-long ceremony before a fireworks display signalled that the marriage had been finalised.

'It was altogether a different experience,' Claire Abel, a British tourist from Liverpool, told website Funreports.com. 'I will remember it forever.'

In total, around 180 people attended the wedding and organisers say they hope to carry out more animal marriages in the future.

'We have organized the jumbo wedding to attract more tourists,' said Rajgopal Aiyer, a senior executive at Uday Samudra Beach Resorts.

'The response was tremendous. In future we are planning to organise more elephant weddings.'

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