Tag: Mangalsutra
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South Marrying a North Indian Girl
Technically this is the correct Vedic marriage procedure. Thaali is a concept taken by Aapasthamba, while composing the Aapasthamba Sutra for people living south of the Vindhyas. Please read my post on this. So the objection on these grounds seem to be trivial. Another difficulty faced by the Boys’ parents is that they are used…
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‘Thaali’ Mangal Sutra’ Not A Part OF Vedic Marriage
I have posted some articles on the Samskaras or the Rites of The Hindus and on Hindu marriages. Yesterday, my brother’s daughter posted a message in Facebook asking me to write on ‘Thaali, Metti’ and their significance in Hindu marriages, Thalli in Tamil and Mangal Sutra in Hindi has no place in Vedic marraiges. In…
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Mourning Death Theetu Rituals Hinduism Details
Check list. 1.Inform Family priest, Sastrigal. 2.Keep the body lying head facing South. 3.Light an Oil lamp near the Head. 3.Light some Agarbathis to ward off smell. 4.As one is not to cook at Home till the body is taken out,inform relatives for arrangement of food for the day. 5.Inform people who are to be…
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Requiem for Identity Tamils Yet Non Tamils
I attended a close Relative’s wedding recently. The Bride’s Family are Tamils settled in Mumbai about Forty years back. They claim they are Tamils’speak Tamil at Home, their Mother Tongue is Tamil, declare they are originally(?) from Palghat. The Marriage was conducted South Indian Brahmin style. On the dais, when the final ceremonies of tying…
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