SANJAY B JUMAANI, NUMEROLOGIST The marriage is on. Sania Mirza has entered her 24th year which totals upto ‘6’ — a number that tallies with her birthdate (November 15). It’s the same with the controversies tailing her because it’s all in her numbers. Her name, Sania Mirza totals upto 26 = 8, the number […]
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My Grandparents’ Marriage
My grandfather Tarachand Tikoo married my grandmother Tara in 1900, with pomp and ritual lasting over a month. Relatives, close and distant, came to stay in the house two months in advance. The women got busy cleaning enormous quantities of grain, pounding paddy and grinding chillies and other condiments with grinding stones and hand pounders. […]
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Tara’s Life after Marriage
After five-year-old Tara’s marriage, she continued to live with her parents. However, for festivals like Shivaratri and Navroj (Kashmiri New Year), a palanquin was sent for her by her in-laws. On such visits, she received gifts of clothes and money and played with the children there. She did not even know which of the boys […]
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Cricketer Suresh Raina and Priyanka Chowdhary Marriage
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People in marriage
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Iyengar Marriage Rituals – Part Four
After taking the blessings, the couple must visit the family deity with a garland and worship the family gods. Following which the girl is taken to the house of the groom. An aarti is performed, with turmeric and limewater, for the couple, at the entrance of the house to ward off the evil eye. On […]
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Iyengar Marriage Rituals – Part Three
There are many interesting rituals, which take place during the Iyengar weddings. I have mentioned some of them here: Metti Metti is the silver toe ring worn traditionally by married women. It is one more outer symbol to signify that the woman is married apart from the ‘Thali’ the thread of marriage. During the ritual […]
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Iyengar Marriage Rituals – Part Two
Jaanavasam On the previous day of a marriage or on the same day the Jaanavasam or the bridegroom’s reception takes place. The bridegroom is taken around the streets of the town in an open luxury car in a procession. In the olden days he was taken around in a chariot. The procession is preceded by […]
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Iyengar Marriage – Part 1
The marriage rituals of the South Indian Brahmins are very interesting. Basically all the Brahmins in India perform Vedic Marriage Rites, which are similar throughout India. However, there are regional and local flavours. Kashmiri Pandit marriages are very elaborate and used to last a month with a lot of singing and rejoicing. Shorter versions of […]
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He proposed 365 days for marriage
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