The heartbreaking video was taken in Chittorgarh, a city in Rajasthan, northern India, a state in the country that is prevalent for child marriages.
In one clip a young girl of around ten-years-old is desperately crying and pleading for help as her father drags her around the customary ceremony.
In another clip a priest – conducting the Hindu ritual – is also seen scolding the children for crying.
Six marriages took place in two days around the Akshaya Tritiya, a Hindu festival believed to be auspicious for child marriages in rural India.
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